It’s already after nine and you haven’t even eaten yet.” Only when Billy hung up did he notice how Mrs. Wilkins was staring directly at him with a rather stern face. Before he could contemplate his predicament, she spoke up. “Billy, your mother and I have decided the best thing for you is to have a little chat with me down in the basement after dinner along with Johnny. From now on, I’m going to handle you like my own child when you misbehave. Do you understand me, young man?” “Yes, Mrs. Wilkins,” Billy managed to stammer. He had a pretty good idea what she meant and could already feel butterflies in his stomach. “From what your mommy told me, you are used to being punished when you’re naughty, aren’t you?” Billy blushed and nodded without looking at Johnny. “Are you going to give me any trouble after dinner, young man?” “No, Mrs. Wilkins”. “Good boy. Now before we sit down for dinner, let me explain how I handle bad boys in my house.
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Caning from of the Times57
Further evidence was given to-day on behalf of the defendants. Mrs. Bracey-Wright, the first defendant, examined by Mr. Bracey-Wright,...
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Corporal Punishment & The Cricket Bat 2
The man he asked to undertake this pleasant duty at first declinced thinking it was in jest. However, when...
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Why Corporal Punishment Has to / Had to Go28
This is actually something (SCP in American schooling) no one needs to unduly get raised blood pressure over, as...
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CP in Irish Church Schools2
In southern Ireland the government essentially handed over the education system to Roman Catholic orders such as The Sisters...
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Was the Pain of Corporal Punishment a Deterant28
An alternative explanation is, of course, that the cultural assumptions of the state institutions in law, education, politics, etc...
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My First School Strapping7
But this day – well, it was hot, and when I got to the train station there’d been a...
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Slippering for ‘Fun’.9
I will tell you, that unless you really believe that slippering or caning is an effective means of control...
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Old-Fashioned Terms for a Caning10
When i attended school in the sixties and seventies the term we used was a WHACKING both for canings...