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I wasn’t on the receiving end of many spankings as a youth. I may have thought I was at the time, but, looking back, they were minimal. My big brother Steve, on the other hand, took his share, and I learned a lot about what to do and not to do from observation.
Mom was the primary giver of spankings at our home. I only remember Dad giving me spankings once, and it was a result of Steve and me being reckless and breaking things. I knew I never wanted that again. Although Mom’s spankings were more frequent, they were much softer, too. She thought she was being strict when the yardstick came out, but it was mostly an act. In fact, Steve said Mom’s spankings didn't hurt at all, even with the yardstick. He told me to just let her do it and fake like they hurt. Most importantly, he said, was to not block the spankings by putting my hands in the way, because that did hurt. He was right.
Before I give you the wrong impression, you should know that spankings were few and far between from my parents — but they were memorable. I never felt abused or mistreated. I simply knew that I messed up and that there would be consequences. The guilt I felt over disappointing my parents was much worse than any pain from physical spankings.
As such, I parented much the same way. In fact, I had to ask my children if I ever gave them spankings and why. The two oldest said they recalled a few. The youngest said, “nope.”
But what about birthday spankings? Anyone remember those? They were to be fun spankings, if there ever was such a thing. Again, I remember watching my older siblings receive these. I never understood why something so pleasurable as a birthday would be ruined with something so unpleasant as spankings. At our home, a wooden breadboard with a short handle would come out at each of our birthdays, and the party guests would laugh as the birthday kid was placed over a knee and spanked. The laughs were the greatest the time when the board broke on Steve’s bottom. That board was likely 50 years old and glued together a few times prior, but it makes for a good story to this day. My birthday wish was to skip the birthday spankings. For the most part, the wish was granted.
For those of you not familiar with birthday spankings, the birthday boy or girl would typically receive a hand slap on the rear for each year of the child’s life. Beyond that number, a child would receive another spank “to grow on.” What in the world was that? I even remember “spanking machines” in elementary school when the birthday child would run through a line while fellow students gave him or her birthday spanks. Seriously. Can you imagine this happening today?
My words are not meant to condone or condemn spanking, as you all clearly have your own strong opinions. Instead, I want to simply to point out how quickly times and traditions have changed. As for the disappearance of birthday spankings, we can certainly be grateful. At least I am.
Have a wonderful Wednesday, and thanks for reading.
Shane Goodman
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