it's a little ironic seeing as how the ass beating generation are the one's who invented the time out. The only objective logical conclusion being that neither method actually "works."
Perhaps the real culprit causing shittier less disciplined people is the lack of two parent households. The phrase "wait til your father gets home" is what should make the difference... not sure it really matters whether he takes his belt off or gives me a stern talking to.
In my family, the ‘wait til your father gets home’ caused us to run in our rooms and giggle because we knew we were off the hook. My dad was a rough, hard working, hulk of a man but gentle as a lamb. However, if he said no or gently corrected us, we did not make a peep. We just knew that was that for some reason. He barely popped me on the bottom once because I was hanging on a cabinet door and I cried for two hours. Not because it hurt but because it broke my heart that I had disappointed him.
I had a very similar relationship with my dad. If we acted up we would get a stern talking to, or at most a pinch on the ear. Just knowing that we disappointed him was enough to straighten us out. He's probably to best father you could ask for.
it's a little ironic seeing as how the ass beating generation are the one's who invented the time out. The only objective logical conclusion being that neither method actually "works."
Perhaps the real culprit causing shittier less disciplined people is the lack of two parent households. The phrase "wait til your father gets home" is what should make the difference... not sure it really matters whether he takes his belt off or gives me a stern talking to.
In my family, the ‘wait til your father gets home’ caused us to run in our rooms and giggle because we knew we were off the hook. My dad was a rough, hard working, hulk of a man but gentle as a lamb. However, if he said no or gently corrected us, we did not make a peep. We just knew that was that for some reason. He barely popped me on the bottom once because I was hanging on a cabinet door and I cried for two hours. Not because it hurt but because it broke my heart that I had disappointed him.
I had a very similar relationship with my dad. If we acted up we would get a stern talking to, or at most a pinch on the ear. Just knowing that we disappointed him was enough to straighten us out. He's probably to best father you could ask for.