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Did you ever get the slipper at home?

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austinsmam · 26/04/2009 16:29

How times change! Was all the rage in the 70/80s, with Beano characters being whacked on a weekly basis. My OH got it at school and my mum kept a slipper just for smacking (yes, social services have been informed!). I know it was used in schools, but did anyone get it at home?

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austinsmam · 03/05/2009 11:03

your right it was considered the norm back then.

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austinsmam · 04/05/2009 09:50

nowdays i think most of us use other forms of punishment.

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austinsmam · 05/05/2009 19:04

any mums still smack?

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austinsmam · 08/05/2009 21:47

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Sherbit · 15/05/2009 23:46

I will admit to a smack on the hand,but very rarely. I am not against that. Usually taking away the luxury of TV or Sweets is bad enough punishment. Does anyone admit to smacking these days?

I was born in 72, by the way.

Sherbit · 15/05/2009 23:51

Thankfully ds's gran has hung up her furry, wedge heeled slippers! Must have burnt them out on me and my brother's ass!

Triggles · 16/05/2009 11:40

60's child here. With mum, it was a slipper, shoe, wooden spoon, flyswatter, whatever was handy. With dad, it was always the belt.

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austinsmam · 16/05/2009 17:16

lol @ sherbit

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Sherbit · 19/05/2009 22:53

Austinsmam, do you smack? (Out of interest, since you asked the question). Funny how no one else replied to that one! I know its now Tuesday and I am asking this question but I struggle to get in here often!!!

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austinsmam · 20/05/2009 12:38

Sherbit my 2DS are too small to smack (2 & 9 months) so i am curious to know what other Mums do.

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Sherbit · 20/05/2009 15:05

Austinsmam, lol, yes they are just a bit young. It seems to be a taboo subject now but personally I think its up to the parent (as long as they are not battering the child, of course) and depending on temprement of child. I'll smack hand and bum but ds now says 'that didnt hurt' or 'I dont care'. He is 3 and at the cheeky stage. As I said before taking away luxuries really does hurt! A friend of mine stopped smacking because she found it was actually making her boy really violent but he does have a terrible temper. It's a difficult one.

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austinsmam · 21/05/2009 16:34

Sherbit, you are right it is a taboo subject now, but worth debating, so we can all learn other effective ways and means.

I was born in 73, so around the same time as you. And by the sounds of it, our parents used simular methods. And with us, it worked as a good deterrent. And we didn`t turn out too badly.

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ditavonbees · 26/05/2009 08:04

We got the Slipper too, me and my brother if we were naughty. Memories of Mum or Dad chasing after us, slipper in hand. lol

suzybsue · 28/05/2009 16:51

I most definitely experienced the good old slipper, and the wooden spoon, when i was growing up.

ZZZen · 28/05/2009 16:52

no, never got hit with anything or threatened with it either and wouldn't ever do it to dc

Sherbit · 07/06/2009 23:33

hello all. You would never guess that I only get in here about once a week, or two if I'm lucky! (Going by my delay in responding!) The slipper must have been really popular in the 70's/80's. Funny how times change.
Austinsmam, I was going to reply, 'speak for yourself, maybe it has harmed me' (lol) as we still joke with mum that it left us physcologically damaged, but really it did not do any harm. I was bloody scared at the time and knew she meant business when it appeared, and now she is my bestest friend and I have the utmost respect for my parents.

Suzybsue,the wooden spoon must have been bloody sore?

suzybsue · 14/07/2009 08:03

Hi Sherbit, i must get on here even less frequently than you. (lol)

Yes thue wooden spoon did smart, thankfully i never got it very much

ponderinganother · 14/07/2009 11:35

I sometimes wonder (not that I agree with smacking myself as I could never smack DS) if this new attitude to punishment or discipline is the reason we have so many more hoodies and rude teenagers/kids these days.

GooseyLoosey · 14/07/2009 11:41

Wooden spoon here too or on occassion, a hairbrush. Wooden spoon was more by grandmother's method of choice and I think her willingness to use it did have an impact on our relationship and on me in general. I was generally a quiet well behaved child and would not say boo to a goose. However when I was about 13 someone bought me a baking set with a wooden spoon in. The next time my grandmother got hers out, I got mine out and there was a stand off. She was astonished (and frankly so was I). No one ever hit me again and all my life since I have not responded well to any form of coersion!

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austinsmam · 17/07/2009 22:40

I never got the wooden spoon

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Oneandnomore · 17/07/2009 22:51

My dad used to use the slipper on my frequently naughty brother. So one year for Christmas I bought dad some with hard soles. I feel awful about it now but my brother used to torment me sooo much!

dizzymare · 17/07/2009 23:07

Yep, I used to get the slipper and they were the hard soled bastards from clarks aswell

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FairLadyRantALot · 17/07/2009 23:56

wooden spoon....by my mum....but we always did deserve it, ie were warned and told....

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austinsmam · 18/07/2009 11:33

Lenin from what i remember scholl were very much in fashion in 70`s

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