Whack to the arse

Murrayboy · 22-05-2016 07:46PM #1

Remember the days when your da could take the belt to you and your ma could give you a clatter with the wooden spoon and no one would bat an eye.

Have we gone to soft on kids these days and is there ever any justification for an ole fashioned whack to the arse

The_Valeyard · 22-05-2016 07:47PM

pepperidge farm remembers

Fleawuss · 22-05-2016 07:51PM

I thought this was going to be about a folk song from the Dubliners: I could hear the chorus "whack to the arse...something something O". Or maybe an incident at the photocopier at work. Instead it's about why cant we half murder children like we used to.
Sigh.
All together now: "Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end..."

Ohbethehokey · 22-05-2016 07:51PM

Quick away to the doctor for an ADHD diagnosis and lace them with drugs.

Murrayboy · 22-05-2016 07:54PM

Ohbethehokey wrote: »

Quick away to the doctor for an ADHD diagnosis and lace them with drugs.

Ah now I don't think ADHD is a wishy washy made up thing. I think it's the real deal for a lot of families. It's just a lot of people jump on the band wagon and use it as an excuse

kneemos · 22-05-2016 07:55PM

Bred a generation of perverts.

The Backwards Man · 22-05-2016 07:56PM

Away and get a wee summer job to yourselves lads.

Murrayboy · 22-05-2016 07:57PM

kneemos wrote: »

Bred a generation of perverts.

Only among twisted individuals in the Catholic Church and schools ran by religious

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 22-05-2016 07:57PM

Murrayboy wrote: »

Remember the days when your da could take the belt to you and your ma could give you a clatter with the wooden spoon and no one would bat an eye.

Have we gone to soft on kids these days and is there ever any justification for an ole fashioned whack to the arse

Bring back the Christian Brothers and the more ignorant society they need to allow their sterling methods to thrive! I agree!

darkpagandeath · 22-05-2016 07:59PM

I blame everyone thinking they are allergic to gluten.

Whispered · 22-05-2016 08:00PM

Murrayboy wrote: »

Ah now I don't think ADHD is a wishy washy made up thing. I think it's the real deal for a lot of families. It's just a lot of people jump on the band wagon and use it as an excuse

In all honesty I used to think it was an excuse for parents with badly behaved kids but as I got to know a few people with ADHD I've come to realise it's a very real thing. I hear people saying that it's a "new" thing; perhaps the diagnosis is but I genuinely think a lot of older people who would be described as "characters" or eccentric could well be undiagnosed.

Ohbethehokey · 22-05-2016 08:01PM

Whispered wrote: »

In all honesty I used to think it was an excuse for parents with badly behaved kids but as I got to know a few people with ADHD I've come to realise it's a very real thing. I hear people saying that it's a "new" thing; perhaps the diagnosis is but I genuinely think a lot of older people who would be described as "characters" or eccentric could well be undiagnosed.

it's an excuse for bad parenting.

Murrayboy · 22-05-2016 08:01PM

Whispered wrote: »

In all honesty I used to think it was an excuse for parents with badly behaved kids but as I got to know a few people with ADHD I've come to realise it's a very real thing. I hear people saying that it's a "new" thing; perhaps the diagnosis is but I genuinely think a lot of older people who would be described as "characters" or eccentric could well be undiagnosed.

I think I'd have to agree with that. I don't think all the messers who got in trouble years ago at school were bad apples. Some may have been but a lot may have had ADHD

Whispered · 22-05-2016 08:02PM

Ohbethehokey wrote: »

it's an excuse for bad parenting.

Sorry, I meant to say, yes in some cases it very likely is, but not in all.

Murrayboy · 22-05-2016 08:03PM

Ohbethehokey wrote: »

it's an excuse for bad parenting.

Crap. It's nothing to do with parenting

Ohbethehokey · 22-05-2016 08:12PM

Murrayboy wrote: »

Crap. It's nothing to do with parenting

Sure

Murrayboy · 22-05-2016 08:13PM

Ohbethehokey wrote: »

Sure

I can see where this is going so I don't think I'll even argue with you.

Widdershins · 22-05-2016 08:18PM

I was never hit as a child. And I'm great.

Murrayboy · 22-05-2016 08:22PM

Widdershins wrote: »

I was never hit as a child. And I'm great.

I was often leathered and I'm great too

SEPT 23 1989 · 22-05-2016 08:24PM

I run a house of discipline and my children are disciplined severely

22-05-2016 08:25PM

It never did me any harm.

Ha only joking I don't think I was ever hit with a wooden spoon or belt but just wanted to say that phrase, it always gets trotted out when this comes up.

Widdershins · 22-05-2016 08:26PM

Murrayboy wrote: »

I was often leathered and I'm great too

You're either born great or you're not, I suppose!

Murrayboy · 22-05-2016 08:29PM

Omackeral wrote: »

It never did me any harm.

Ha only joking I don't think I was ever hit with a wooden spoon or belt but just wanted to say that phrase, it always gets trotted out when this comes up.

Ha I'd have to say I got the lot, wooden spoon, leather belt, slipper. I was a right little ****e. In all honesty I don't think it did me any harm

myshirt · 22-05-2016 08:31PM

Murrayboy wrote: »

Ha I'd have to say I got the lot, wooden spoon, leather belt, slipper. I was a right little ****e. In all honesty I don't think it did me any harm

It didn't do you any harm.... except causing you to think it is ok to beat a child.

One eyed Jack · 22-05-2016 08:31PM

I thought this was going to be a thread about smacking women on the arse!

Pfft, I'm disappointed OP, disappointed...

Widdershins · 22-05-2016 08:33PM

Usually the kids who were hit, used to do the same sort of stuff again and again anyway. It obviously didn't work!

One eyed Jack · 22-05-2016 08:33PM

myshirt wrote: »

It didn't do you any harm.... except causing you to think it is ok to beat a child.

The OP was that child. I'll take their word over yours.

Murrayboy · 22-05-2016 08:34PM

myshirt wrote: »

It didn't do you any harm.... except causing you to think it is ok to beat a child.

I don't ever remember saying I thought it was ok to beat a child. Just that it did me no harm

Ohbethehokey · 22-05-2016 08:52PM

Lol, no harm in beating and drugging children so the parents can have a quiet life...

...next you'll be drinking new Zealand wine and eating tapas

freshpopcorn · 22-05-2016 08:55PM

Seeing the OP has to post on Boards about it. It probably gave him issues.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 22-05-2016 09:05PM

Murrayboy wrote: »

Ha I'd have to say I got the lot, wooden spoon, leather belt, slipper. I was a right little ****e. In all honesty I don't think it did me any harm

Doesn't seem to have worked, if you continued to be a "right little ****e".

Ohbethehokey wrote: »

it's an excuse for bad parenting.

Yay - a flat-Earther!

Whack to the arse

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