Did all parents hit their kids in the 1970s?

[Polythene]

I often hear that this was the norm. But was it, really?

Well I’m sure there were some who didn’t , but I didn’t know any. Yes thrashed fairly regularly .

Was in my world.

I remember my brother hiding because they were looking for him with the belt.

They didn't find him though.

Slapped rather than thrashed

Smacked yes, most were

Not just parents .. teachers, police officers, and anyone you would cheeky with might give you a clip. When I was a Primary school in the 70s, the Head used to hit kids with a slipper.

I was smacked- definitely not thrashed or beaten but smacked with the palm of the hand on the legs

Legs slapped here.

I remember my mother hitting me round the head when i broke something by accident.

Occasionally, but not often. It wasn’t unheard of, but it was definitely a major punishment.

I was. Incase usual and normal for misbehaving.
I recall being at sevrfriends houses and being threatened with a smack for being "naughtu" was asnusualnthere as in my home.
I dont feel I was abused or singled out. I dont feel anything about it tbh. Thats just how it was. Clear boundaries. Clear ramifications for not behaving.

It was definitely normal

Yes it was fairly common, definitely happened in our house. Physical punishment at school was common too, even in primary school we were smacked and caned.

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My mum and myself included I was a child at the time and got caught in the crossfire

I was born in 79, physical punishment very common throughout the 1980s. My parents hit me very rarely, but the threat was there if I pushed it. I imagine corporal punishment in state schools was only outlawed in the 70s? I remember it being made illegal in private schools being on newsround, so that was likely late 80s/early 90s.

Tide started to turn in 90s I think.

Our parents never hit me or my siblings growing up in the 70s. Likewise, we have never hit our children. I am sure it was much more common then, though.

They also didn't leave us sitting in the car with a packet of crisps whilst they were in the pub like some parents seemed to do.

No. I was never smacked or hit. I was born in 1960

Most kids were smacked from time to time, I think.

I don’t think the majority of kids were beaten.

But it’s hard to think what possessed people from a modern day point of view.

My parents weren't big on smacking, but it was very normal, as was corporal punishment in schools.

Definitely the norm.

I was smacked at home and regularly had a wooden clog thrown at me.

I remember boys standing outside the head master's office awaiting the cane. Always seemed to be the same boys so it didn't work as a deterrent. There were a few girls who were always in "trouble" but I don't remember them receiving corporal punishment.

I remember being slapped in nursery and all through Infant school. A part way through junior school. I remember the blackboard rubber being thrown at our heads.

Caining was abolished the year before we went to comp.

My mum and dad never hit me or my siblings. I do remember some teachers smacking occasionally though. Born in 1967

Ha ha. We weren’t left in a car outside the pub, but we were taken to the pub and we’d all sit outside (the pub had outdoor seating - we lived in a village - not posh but it did have seats basically in the car park 😂)

My Dad would go in for the drinks and it was made clear that in no circumstances could children go inside!

I was smacked a handful of times I think. At primary school the girls got the slipper & the boys tte cane. My teacher in year 4 had the ebony ruler that she used to rap you across the knuckles with if you weren't paying attention.

Got spanked twice I remember.

Our head teacher hit a boy on the head with a guitar in assembly and this was just considered fine. This was in the 80s so I think probably not actually allowed!

No, not really. I was born in 1970 and smacking wasn't really in my parents' toolkit.