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> On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 07:43:35 -0500, "biig" > wrote:
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>>>
>>> (laughing) I'll never forget the one (and *only*) time I did
>>> babysitting
>>> for some neighbor's kids around 1975. Their mother handed me a wooden
>>> spoon on her way out the door and told me not to be afraid to hit them
>>> with it. YIKES! Obviously this was in the days prior to a kid picking
>>> up
>>> the phone to call CPS if you so much as raise your voice in their
>>> presence.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I had a similar experience. I babysat (1959) for a large family. The
>> Mom
>>handed me a ping pong paddle and told me it was the baby bat. I didn't
>>have
>>to use it. Just the threat was enough... My grandfather was a barber and
>>my Dad had his razor strop that was the threat in our house. It never got
>>used either. Just the threat of it was enough. Kids these days don't
>>have
>>any fear of consequences for their actions....Sharon in Canada
>>
>
> My Dad also had a razor strop but he didn't hesitate to use it. One
> day, shortly after it had been applied, I threw it in the cistern. Dad
> quickly replaced it and applied it again.
>
> Ross, also in Canada.
LOL....but we girls were wimps, me and two younger sisters.....Sharon