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« on: August 08, 2011, 07:47:50 PM »
And if you "acted up" in public, you got your ass beaten. No discussion, no wait till we get home, no stand in the corner... you got beaten right then and there, no matter WHERE you were or who was around watching. In fact, other adults EXPECTED your parents to keep you in check while you were in public.
We respected any and all adults, because if we didn't and our parents found out... well see my first point!
We got paddled in school for misbehaving... and the teacher would call your house and tell your parents, so when we got home you got beaten again for having to get a paddling at school.
We worked and saved up our pennies for the things that we wanted extra. We didnt have 1/100th of the stuff that kids now have and the stuff we did have was not just handed to us, we had to learn the value of money.
If you back talked mom, you got a switching.... THEN of course she told Dad when he got home and you got a whooping from him because you made her have to switch you.
You didn't even THINK about back talking Dad... at least not where he could even imagine that he heard something, else you may have a few loose teeth from the backhand across the lips.
We went to school and we actually were expected to study and learn... Man what a concept.
When we got home from school, we sat down and did homework before doing anything else... then we did all our chores, then if there was any time left we could play.
We had 2 or maybe 3 pairs of blue jeans at the most, with a hand full of shirts, one pair of everyday shoes and if we were lucky, one pair of "Sunday shoes".
We knew better than to butt in on any "grown up" conversation. It didn't matter if your leg had ben cut off and you were holding it on with your hands, you waited until the adults were finished talking before you dared say anything, else you may lose a hunk of ass along with the leg.
We took brown paper grocery bags and cut them and made book covers for all our school books every year.
Ahhh the good ole days!!
JaF