Lynn’s Comments: “I once spent all day hiding in the lane because I was afraid my mom would find out that I had broken the milk bottles on our front porch. It was an accident. I’d been swinging a hula hoop and hit them by accident. In the end, she was angrier at me because I’d gone missing, and not because I’d knocked over the bottles.”
I had moments like this as a kid. The trouble was that it wasn’t better to go home. If mom did slap me around, I’d get the strap from dad. It’s taken me many years to get my head straightened out from what it is now called “child abuse.” My parents never repented for their overreactions, but then, they were not a happy couple to begin with.
Potential parents out there: Please don’t have kids until you can get along with each other first. Having kids in order to “fix” a screwed up marriage is NEVER the answer. :-(
It is dangerous for a young child to walk all but a the smallest dog as a dog Farley’s size can easily pull a full size man down or into a tree. When I took my very powerful boxer to obedience class (30 years ago) the first thing the instructor said is that you should never hold the leash around your wrist as not only can you be pulled down that way but a sudden lunge by the dog can dislocate a wrist or shoulder especially a child.
Corporal punishment was the generally accepted and common disciplinary method of the day in the ‘40s and before . IMHO. Sometimes taken to extremes. But memorable. These days you don’t dare give an unruly child a pat on the butt to get their attention for fear of being reported to the “authorities”. And now we have little monsters disrupting every public place and parents oblivious to the chaos they inflict on others. Awwwww, for the good old days.
I was at the crossover. When I was a kid, there was no DCFS to investigate blistered butts. My first boy was raised a bit easier. Then a girl and then two more boys. Due to new laws, each kid was raised with less and less stringent discipline. And here are the results:
1. Boy, Grad. U of I, high enough on the corporate ladder he could fire the man that fired me. and twin dtrs. in graduate schools.2. Girl Now a Nurse pract. and dtr that is an RN3. Boy, HS teacher, so well liked by former students at one school, was asked to come back and give the HS graduation speech.4. Boy, Still at home.
Rule at our house was fess up before we find out…worked well…if is was a mess, we would clean it up…if something was broken, we paid by doing extra chores…if it was stupid carelessness, we would be grounded for a week.
Templo S.U.D. about 5 years ago
I’m sure hunger will come first.
Carole Athena Costa about 5 years ago
When hunger wins out, she’ll go home and probably find Farley already there.
M2MM about 5 years ago
At that age, everything seems so monumental.
kwells328 about 5 years ago
He’s probably at home.
Watcher about 5 years ago
And it’s Farley to the rescue.
jpayne4040 about 5 years ago
Trust us, Elizabeth; you can go home. It will be all right.
M2MM about 5 years ago
Lynn’s Comments: “I once spent all day hiding in the lane because I was afraid my mom would find out that I had broken the milk bottles on our front porch. It was an accident. I’d been swinging a hula hoop and hit them by accident. In the end, she was angrier at me because I’d gone missing, and not because I’d knocked over the bottles.”
I had moments like this as a kid. The trouble was that it wasn’t better to go home. If mom did slap me around, I’d get the strap from dad. It’s taken me many years to get my head straightened out from what it is now called “child abuse.” My parents never repented for their overreactions, but then, they were not a happy couple to begin with.
Potential parents out there: Please don’t have kids until you can get along with each other first. Having kids in order to “fix” a screwed up marriage is NEVER the answer. :-(
tripwire45 about 5 years ago
Betting the dog’s at home.
mclukk about 5 years ago
To date, hunger has always come first. Although cold has made a few appearances as well.
preacherman about 5 years ago
Farley probably went home.
Gen.Flashman about 5 years ago
It is dangerous for a young child to walk all but a the smallest dog as a dog Farley’s size can easily pull a full size man down or into a tree. When I took my very powerful boxer to obedience class (30 years ago) the first thing the instructor said is that you should never hold the leash around your wrist as not only can you be pulled down that way but a sudden lunge by the dog can dislocate a wrist or shoulder especially a child.
lagoulou about 5 years ago
Farley probably has the same idea…go home when hungry…
bepapa about 5 years ago
Corporal punishment was the generally accepted and common disciplinary method of the day in the ‘40s and before . IMHO. Sometimes taken to extremes. But memorable. These days you don’t dare give an unruly child a pat on the butt to get their attention for fear of being reported to the “authorities”. And now we have little monsters disrupting every public place and parents oblivious to the chaos they inflict on others. Awwwww, for the good old days.
tuslog1964 about 5 years ago
I was at the crossover. When I was a kid, there was no DCFS to investigate blistered butts. My first boy was raised a bit easier. Then a girl and then two more boys. Due to new laws, each kid was raised with less and less stringent discipline. And here are the results:
1. Boy, Grad. U of I, high enough on the corporate ladder he could fire the man that fired me. and twin dtrs. in graduate schools.2. Girl Now a Nurse pract. and dtr that is an RN3. Boy, HS teacher, so well liked by former students at one school, was asked to come back and give the HS graduation speech.4. Boy, Still at home.
dandy1990 Premium Member about 5 years ago
Rule at our house was fess up before we find out…worked well…if is was a mess, we would clean it up…if something was broken, we paid by doing extra chores…if it was stupid carelessness, we would be grounded for a week.
rebelstrike0 about 5 years ago
If you need to make up a good story, go to someone who also deceived his mother: “Lyin’ Brian” Enjo.