My dad was there and I only know two stories. He does not mention it. Period. When I was in 5th grade and I needed a Veteran to come to school I was worried about where to find one. I did not even know he was one till that day.
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My dad was there and I only know two stories. He does not mention it. Period. When I was in 5th grade and I needed a Veteran to come to school I was worried about where to find one. I did not even know he was one till that day.
My father was in Nam and I've only heard three things about it.
One quite funny, he woke up and found a cute monkey eating some bread he left sitting out. He reached over to pet it and got the hell bitten out of him. He was supposed to report it but had seen other guys go through the rabies shots and decided to risk rabies instead.
Another was him hearing a thud outside his tent. Looked out and found a shell which didn't explode.
The last was simply talking about how you couldn't make friends. They'd go out into the jungle and never return.
My FIL was in Korea and to this day if he's napping you do NOT wake him. He'll come out of sleep swinging. He has only told me one other story and it is so horrific I don't even like to think about it.
My dad has one where his platoon was on patrol and was ambushed. After a brief intense firefight he was the last surviving member. He had to run thru the jungle to escape. He made it to a bridge over a river. He crawled into the river under the bridge and submerged himself. He had to hold his breath underwater as the Vietnamese patrols crossed the bridge looking for him.
fallenchicken
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No. But I'm 20 and my kids are imaginary. They're very well behaved.
My dad spanked me. It's one of those things that only works when the child is little. If you spank your kids when they are older the punishment will be less about the pain and more about the embarrassment of it--unless you really beat them--and they will learn to hate you for the indignity (even if it's deserved). The only thing I ever learned from spankings was to be scared of my dad, which I'm sure is kind of the point.
Not to say he wasn't a good father, he's great. When/if I become a father, though, I'm not sure I want my children to fear the sound of dad walking up the stairs.
My dad spanked me. It's one of those things that only works when the child is little. If you spank your kids when they are older the punishment will be less about the pain and more about the embarrassment of it--unless you really beat them--and they will learn to hate you for the indignity (even if it's deserved). The only thing I ever learned from spankings was to be scared of my dad, which I'm sure is kind of the point.
Not to say he wasn't a good father, he's great. When/if I become a father, though, I'm not sure I want my children to fear the sound of dad walking up the stairs.
When reading this I laughed as I thought the exact same thing and stopped at that sentence.
Gyp Rosetti
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And yet his mom, siblings, or other relatives too have never even mentioned this? Odd.
Gyp Rosetti
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My dad's the same way though over time, the last five years or so, he'll very somberly speak a little more about it. Hell, I remember when Platoon came out, he saw it by himself while we (mom and brother) saw (I think) Adventures in babysitting.
CONAN
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Yeah kind of toolish but unsurprising.
Gyp Rosetti
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Says the biggest tool on the site.
Like I said before, I was spanked. I never feared my dad. To me, if your child fears you, you're doing something wrong. Even when my kids get spanked, they know I love them more than anything else in this world. It's not about inflicting pain and being dominant and/or the bully. My kids never get a punishment of any kind, from spanking to a simple stern talking-to, without numerous "I love you".
WhiteMamba
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I spank my wife all the time.
This was mildly funny... 2 pages ago.
CONAN
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No argument there.
I was spanked some, and I spanked my kids some. Not much, and not at all once they got to be school age. But for little kids, sometimes it's the only way to get their attention or get the message across. You can't really reason with a three year old. But I think spanking a seven or eight year old is probably a little creepy.
I didn't vote in the poll because I didn't want anyone to think I still spank my kids now....
I didn't vote in the poll because I didn't want anyone to think I still spank my kids now....
Well, my opinion is that if you have to resort to spanking then one should take a parenting class. I see no good reason for spanking. Most of the time it is an issue with a parent not being control their frustration or temper. For some it is easier to smack their kid then take a deep breathe and muster up some patience.
Funny how the spanking stopped in my family as I got bigger than my father. All it did was piss me off it didn't change my behavior. I would never hit my kids they respect me enough to do what they are told. Besides they hate it so much when I take away their cell phones or shut down their computers that there is really no need to spank. LOL.
Funny how the spanking stopped in my family as I got bigger than my father. All it did was piss me off it didn't change my behavior. I would never hit my kids they respect me enough to do what they are told. Besides they hate it so much when I take away their cell phones or shut down their computers that there is really no need to spank. LOL.
I think most of us are talking about spanking smaller children. It has its place. Now for older children (see your cell phone and computer comment) I agree that there is no need for spanking. Loss of privilages works alot better.
