That if I misbehaved she'd send me to pick a switch off a tree and then she'd switch me with it.
If the switch had been used too much, a belt would do fine.
She said my reputation was all I had. Without a good reputation, you were rurnt (ruined)
Without an education, you couldn't go far in the world. High School was her goal for me. I went further.
Animals were supposed to live outside.
If a neighbor's rooster attacked he'd be dinner at our house that night.
You shouldn't fight your sister but if your sister saw someone picking on you, it was all right for sister to beat them up pretty good.
Kids should be seen and not heard. They also ate LAST at the table when company came.
My part of the chicken when she fried one was the liver; my sister's was the gizzard. That is if no company was coming; then my part of the chicken might be a neck if one was left.
Mother's lessons never die. Mom's may pass on but their lessons remain.
And I thought my mom was strict. We had no switches off trees, but I had been known to get a slap across the mouth for "back talkin her". I do remember that children should be seen and not heard and of course they all walked miles to school in the snow. Certainly is true that the lessons remain and we usually passs them on to our children. Happy Mother's Day
My great-grandmother thought like that. My grandmother was a little lighter, and my mom had none of those. I have returned to my grandmas perspective - not too hard and not too soft.
The good ol days. I remember them also. Sometimes even my own Mother would say we will wait for Dad to decided how to punish you. Those are words that you do not want to hear.
MY PARENTS DIVORCED WHEN I WAS FOUR, SO I GREW UO IN TWO DIFFERENT HOMES. I ONLY REMEMBER ONE SPANKING FROM MY DAD. I WAS JUMPING ON THE BED AND THE WOODEN SLATS BROKE. HE SPANKED ME WITH A YARD STICK. IT DIDN'T REALLY HURT ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR MY FEELINGS. MY MOTHER ALWAYS EXPECTED US FOR SUPPER AT 6:30...NO MATTER WHAT AND WE HAD TO CLEAN OUR PLATES AND ALWAYS SAY ' MAY I BE EXCUSED, PLEASE'. HER HOUSE WAS NOT A FUN PLACE, BUT SHE WAS ALWAYS NICE TO MY FRIENDS. MY DADS HOUSE WAS FUN AND WE ALSO HAD RULES, BUT IT WAS GREAT BEING A KID THERE. WE COULD PLAY ON THE FARM, RIDE HORSES, JUMP ON THE TRAMPOLINE AND GO HANG OUT AT THE CARLOT. WE ALWAYS HAD DELICIOUS MEALS THAT KIDS LIKE. IT WAS A FUN TIME AND I MISS IT. BARBARA WOULD TAKE US FOUR KIDS ( VAL, PAUL, WILL AND ME) EXPLORING OLD HOUSES AND ON TREASURE HUNTS. WE WERE ALL HAPPY KIDS THEN.
Linda, I was lucky about walking to school, just a block. But I should have put the good story in there about walking a mile in the snow anyhow.
Heath, time's change. Parents are probably too soft on the kids today. And there is so much more that kids can get in trouble with today.
Susan, I forgot to put in about my dad. My mother's theory was she'd do the discipline. If we said, "I'm going to tell my daddy on you!" the switch would work harder because we doubted her authority. We learned it wasn't the right thing to threaten.
Lana, you commented on my blog. And said such nice things. Thanks for stopping by! Come again.
Duane, I started to add that she thought I was the prettiest little girl in the world but that was her thoughts, not what she taught me. She loved us dearly.
Right, Charles! It was in the Mighty Plan to make moms so hard to live with that you'd leave home as soon as you could. That was a good plan. : }
Thank you so much, Gary. I'm happy to have met you on the blog site too!
Barbara, not very different from my upbringing. so what went wrong with todays society? I mean if we were tought these things, how and why was it not passed down?
Mary, I remember my sister picking more switches than I did. She's the one who'd beat up anyone who picked on me. She, however, could be as mean to me as she wanted to.
Peter, I can remember about 35 years ago there was a family in this town who had two boys and they didn't believe in spanking children. Goodness! That was a weird way of raising kids! And those two boys were little hellions! Just look how 35 years has changed. Now no one believes in spanking their kids. That is what is wrong, in my opinion.
Chris Ann, I'm glad I wasn't the only one who heard that. I actually believed that one too.
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And I thought my mom was strict. We had no switches off trees, but I had been known to get a slap across the mouth for "back talkin her". I do remember that children should be seen and not heard and of course they all walked miles to school in the snow. Certainly is true that the lessons remain and we usually passs them on to our children. Happy Mother's Day