I got smacked a few times
Mostly because nothing else worked, I got angry rather than docile. Also my parents used to do the thing where if you acted up in the car, they'd threaten to leave you on the side of the road to walk home. This invariably backfired though because by the time they'd reach this point, I'd be in such a sulk that I'd refuse to get back into the car.

As I grow up I realise my parents had to put up with a lot and it triples my determination never to have kids.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 11:49, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

You reap what you sow

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 11:50, Reply)

Exactly which is why I'm never having them
if I had me for a child I wouldn't even know where to start. Nothing worked.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 11:53, Reply)

Based on my experiences of other peoples' children, I'd be mad to invite that sort of hell into my own life.

( Kroney, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 12:16, Reply)