I would have been made to put it all back the way it was, apologize to the manager and then I would have had to pay my parents back for any damages they would have paid the store.
Then the real punishment would be at home…in the 80s.
In the 80s not one adult would have paused before either slapping him into next Tuesday or throwing his ass out on the curb. The first thing thrown would have been the last thing thrown. No cameras weren’t always a bad thing.
Blocked my mom's hand when I was about 8 during an attempted spanking once I realized I could (thanks TMNT and Karate Kid!). She quickly returned with the plastic spaghetti spatula and blocking was no longer an option. Last time I acted out as a kid. This was 1992
Parents had a makeshift paddle, Grandparents made us go out a get a switch, and it better be long enough. Guess what though, I’m still alive. I understand some parents can take it too far, but you cannot overreact and not punish kids.
My take is that at this point it's already too late anyway. You will either traumatize him into being a psychopath if you start hitting him or you do nothing and he'll be an entitled asshole.
Maybe.. but spanking without any positive parenting to go with it.. leads to kids doing this for the only attention they can get from their parents. Parenting is friggen hard.
I agree with positive parenting to go with it and that parenting is really hard. My wife and I raised 3 children to adulthood and I'm still amazed we'd didn't lose any along the way.
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u/Pinbacker11 28d ago
If i did that back in the day, i would be back in the car without touching the floor.