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We have slowed down a lot, but are still (sporadically) going! And somehow filled up the last post while I wasn't looking!

...I was asked to start a new thread so that STDs could be discussed. Really! :D

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From:

selenak

, and watching even the nicest teachers paddle the kids for misbehaving in the 1950s was a definite moment of "Oh, right, you could *do* that then.

My parents (born in 1945 and 1947 respectively) still had their fingers hit by rulers by their teachers in school, so definitely still a thing in Germany in the 1960s, too.

(Whereas my generation was safe from this in school, though parents spanking their children was still considered an okay punishment. I mean, I wasn't, but a lot of people my age were.)

From:

mildred_of_midgard

My mother (born 1957) went to a school where there was a paddle hanging up in the classroom, but it was only for really *really* bad misbehavior, and she, like the majority of kids (I gather), made it through her entire schooling without ever experiencing any corporal punishment.

Whereas my generation was safe from this in school, though parents spanking their children was still considered an okay punishment. I mean, I wasn't, but a lot of people my age were.

Same, no corporal punishment in schools, but parents could do it. Mine did, in the 80s and 90s, but quite mildly. It was more of a shame punishment than a pain one. I remember one occasion when I was 5 and got spanked, and I actually protested, "But that didn't even hurt!" when my mother was done and told me to go stand and face the wall.

And she rolled her eyes, said, "All right, come back here," and then administered a couple more swats that actually stung for a few seconds. As I walked off to my time-out, I felt satisfied that at least she had done it right.

Which tells you how little it hurt! And also that it was intended to, just a little.

I'm not saying I would endorse this, but FW it was not.

From:

cahn

Me too. No corporal punishment in school, totally seen as OK for parents to do. I got spanked a couple of times, I think it probably stung but it wasn't a big deal. I should ask my parents what it was like for them in Korea, I have no idea (and they probably don't remember much at this point either).