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If switches is a "southern" form of discipline, what region would wooden spoons be linked too?

Posted by IrishStephen (aka Sceire) Sep 14 '14, 09:40

Cause I know countless people that speak of the "dreaded wooden spoon," myself included.

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My mother used a spoon. She'd also grip my upper arm with her sharp fingernails, leaving dents & often drawing blood. - CovingtonCat Sep 14, 13:55 1
- Oh, as to region - Germany -- nm - CovingtonCat Sep 14, 14:00
LIR: Yeah as a kid we used to have neighbors from West Virginia. I remember them using the switch once or twice - con_carne Sep 14, 12:42
My Dad used his fists...we were lucky their marriage did not last long... -- nm - BAD Sep 14, 10:46
Pacific Northwest? :-) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 10:15
I wonder when caning went out of favor in British schools? Our boys were still getting "6 of the best" on the open palm in the 50s. -- nm - Meg Sep 14, 09:50
I thought it was an Italian mother thing since they used wooden spoon often but that's likely just my bias from being here. My mother and nonna used - Krusty Sep 14, 09:47
My father threatened his belt, but never actually did it. I did not realize parents really did hit children. -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 09:44 11
- same here. -- nm - mud Sep 14, 09:53
- my mom smacked me one with a switch when I was six. Dad spanked me once. but that was it. -- nm - Remlik Sep 14, 09:51
- My dad used his big hands, no belt needed. Thankfully it rarely happened. -- nm - Krusty Sep 14, 09:49
- I got the belt a couple times. -- nm - Dano Sep 14, 09:48
- My dad threatened with the belt. My mom punished with the wooden spoon. - IrishStephen Sep 14, 09:47 6
  - I got the belt exactly once. I really only remember serious punishment four times in my life. - David Sep 14, 09:47
  - Wow. I honestly thought this was all a thing for books or movies. -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 09:47 4
    - You are privileged -- nm - con_carne Sep 14, 12:24
    - How were you disciplined? -- nm - David Sep 14, 09:48 2
      - The threat of the belt was enough to keep me from being caught the rare times I was bad. -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 09:49 1
        
        But if you lived in a world where corporal punishment was not done, how could you perceive that as a real threat? -- nm - con_carne Sep 14, 13:08
Midwest...I got beat with the spoon..belt...and frat paddle -- nm - budice Sep 14, 09:43
I was disciplined with a switch a couple of times, but I was at least 8. - David Sep 14, 09:43 1
- BTW, I agree that it is a situation where we understand the progress we've made as a people in just two generations. - David Sep 14, 09:45

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