OLDEN TIMES

I REMEMBER WHEN MY KIDS STARTED CUSSING AND A VERY NASTY NEIGHBOR THAT HAD ZERO MORALS CAME TO ME TO TATTLE ON THEM. SHE SAID MY SON HAD CURSED HER AND SHE WANTED ME TO PUNISH HIM SEVERELY , I ASKED WHAT HE SAID ANS SHE JUST COULDN'T TELL ME IT WAS SO TERRIBLE!!
I TOLD THE WOMAN WELL I CANNOT PUNISH A CHILD FOR SOME UNNAMED OFFENSE . SHE SAID IF I DIDN'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, SHE WOULD FIND SOMEONE WHO DID. SHE NEXT TRIED TO LIGHT A CIGARETTE IN MY LIVING ROOM, MIND YOU, AND THE MATCHBOOK BLEW UP IN HER HAND AND SHE GOT BURNED.
I TOLD HER TO DO WHAT SHE HAD TO DO.
WHEN MY KIDS GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL I ASKED WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE NEIGHBOR THEY SAID SHE CALLED THEM LITTLE BASTARDS SO THEY SAID"FUCK YOU BITCH".
THEY HAD A GRUDGE Against the family because the husband HAD TAKEN A KITTEN AND BASHED HIM AGAINST A TELEPHONE POLE.

I DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO CORRECT MY KIDS BEHAVIORS, I TOLD THEM
THEY COULD CURSE ALL THEY WANTED TO AT HOME BUT NEVER ANYWHERE ELSE. THIS WORKED WELL UNTIL THE NEIGHBOR'S KIDS CAME OVER TO TEST IT.
WELL, I LET IT GO AND LET IT GO UNTIL ONE DAY IT WAS MAGICALLY EXTINGUISHED.

I DIDN'T ALWAYS USE TRADITIONAL WAYS TO CORRECT MY CHILDREN BUT IT SEEMED TO WORK.
MY YOUNGEST SON WAS ACTING UP IN A GROCERY STORE AND HIS DAD TOLD HIM IF HE DIDN'T BEHAVE HE WOULD CORRECT HIM IN SUCH A WAY HE WOULD BE VERY EMBARRASSED, THIS SON WAS NOT INTIMIDATED AND CONTINUED THE BEHAVIORS MT HUSBAND REACHED OVER AND SQUEEZED HIS LITTLE BALLS AND STOPPED THE BEHAVIOR RIGHT AWAY AND IT NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN.

WE WERE TERRIBLE BUT EFFECTIVE PARENTS.
AND YET THEY REMEMBER HAVING THE BEST CHILDHOOD EVER EACH WITH A SMALL NEUROSIS TO HELP THEM ALONG LIFE'S WAY.

AND WE RARELY EVER SPANKED THEM AFTER WE LEARNED IN PSYCHOLOGY CLASSES HOW WE COULD HARM THEM THAT WAY AND TEACH THEM VIOLENCE.

IT JUST GOES TO PROVE THAT EVERY MAN HAS HIS WAY.

I LOVED MY CHILDREN SO MUCH THAT I WAS IN CONSTANT FEAR OF LOSING THEM SOMEWAY.
AND YET I DID LOSE 2 OF THEM .

BUT I AM GRATEFUL FOR HAVING HAD THEM AND KNOWN THEM IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY.