Their snide comments about my being a baby and a tag-along stung me to the core, and Mom’s apparent agreement by not letting me go stung all the more. As I look back on it now, there is no way I would have let myself go, but at that time I wasn’t afforded this insight! I was as miserable as I could be for the early part of the afternoon. If Mom wouldn’t let me go to the carnival, I was going to make sure that she was just as unhappy about it as I was. I fussed, stamped, cried a little and generally made a nuisance of myself. Finally even I tired of my antics, and I settled down for the rest of the day, and spent my energies anticipating the evening. Shortly after four it was discovered that Tammy and Jenny had not arrive home as instructed. By four-thirty it was Mom who was in a snit, and by four-forty-five, Dad was dispatched to find ‘your daughters.’ We were ‘your daughters’ when we were misbehaving, and ‘my girls’ when angelic.
Disciplined on Carnival Day4
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Mrs Wilkins8
Though Billy ended up getting an enema from Mrs. Wilkins once a week, it wasn’t the enemas he remembered...
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Tom Brown’s schooldays4
According to legend, when an Etonian was flogged, the cost of the birch was added to the bill sent...
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Caned in Numbers2
Peterborough was distinctive, the school had since its opening in 1901 always housed both girls and boys, but for...
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School Belt2
True (that the belt was mainly a Scottish phenomenon), but there were one or two exceptions to the rule:...
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No Nonsense from Grandma6
Then the hairbrush went to work on my butt, and boy did it ever! Grandma covered every inch...
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A Military Upbringing3
Physical punishment was always administered with the slipper or, once I was into my teens, the strap. If I...
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School Belt5
The belt in school was a doubled over trouser belt. If it was cut down to make it short...
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Corporal Punishment and The Slipper15
At home, serious bad behavior earned the instruction to “go and wait in your room.” This was a dreaded...