what punishment did you fear as a child ?

[min3chars]

probably wouldn't get away with some things now (for the better i suppose) ;)

Was often threatened to be sent to live in the bad boy's home.
Was put in the car and driven round the block until I changed my tone.

[coolcreen]

Yes I got punished as a child, but wouldn't say I feared it so much as expected to have to pay a price for my wrong-doing. Of course I would be opposed to punishment that would cause any injury (other than changing the tone of the skin from white to pink for a very short time) but I think the present situation is gone too far in the opposite direction.
Just this weekend, my son had his motorcycle stolen by an 11 and 12 year old. While they were unable to get it started, they did considerable damage to it. Despite the fact that they were clearly identified on CCTV, they were not charged as they were deemed too young, neither were their parents. My son was left to foot the bill however.
I think that these too boys would love to live in a bad boys home as he may be able to teach them how to hot-wire a bike among other skills. Just using these two boys as an example of where we are going wrong. They will grow up and cost us a fortune to keep them in jail. Safe punishment combined with some form of correction programme would be a good investment. Punishment must always fit the crime.

Now I'll have all the do-gooders coming down on me like a ton of bricks

[nina]

the punishment i feared most would have been my dads silence.he always saidrespect yourself or no one else will,and treat others how you would like to be treated.if we did something wrong,there would be a days silence from him,when he told us to think of what we'd done,and was it right.he never raised his voice or his hand,and as my mother died when i was young,i think he did a good job of bringing us up

[mary]

Although I was only smacked about twice in my childhood, my fear was a look from my Dad. Just the thought of that look stopped me from doing something wrong.
I can scream at our son til I'm blue in the face but as soon as he hears Dad coming up the stairs, he does as he's told. So annoying for me!

[Owen]

Having electrodes taped to my chest and being electrocuted ..... no!!!!!

Really, it was being sent to my room for the rest of the evening and having all the fun stuff like the TV taken out and being left with books or school work to keep me occupied.

Even now, I can't just sit and watch TV I have to do something else at the same time. If I can do 3 or 4 things at once I'm in my element so to have pretty much nothing to do for an entire evening ... argghhhhh

[Sunshine girl]

Although I was only smacked about twice in my childhood, my fear was a look from my Dad. Just the thought of that look stopped me from doing something wrong.
I can scream at our son til I'm blue in the face but as soon as he hears Dad coming up the stairs, he does as he's told. So annoying for me!

That's because you don't carry out the threat and he either knows or suspects that his Dad will. My husband reckons if you hit them hard enough the first time you'll never have to do it again!! Of course nowadays you're not supposed to hit them, although my kids think it was fine to be smacked when they needed it

[jaycar]

My biggest fear was my mum chasing us around the house with a wooden spoon if we really got her going. Mind you, that was in the early 70's and no mum would be brave enough to do that now I don't think :-)

[mary]

actually I'm the one who is more consistent. My husband says things like ' thats it, never again, I'm taking away all your......' . Whilst I'll shout, take something away etc. and actually do it and stick by it.
hey ho

[coolcreen]

It may have more to do with the fact that you are more familiar to him/her than your husband is. The more unfamiliar a person is to a child (or indeed adult) the more wary they are of them. I'm not suggesting that your husband is a stranger to his child, just less familiar to him/her than you.
Years ago, when our 4 children were young, and travelling in the back seat of the car on long journeys, arguments etc would develop. We solved this problem by picking up a hitch-hiker (stranger) total silence for the remainder of the journey.
A child, and particularly a teenager who has a good relationship with his/her parent/s will feel free to say what is on his or her mind. This may often be interpreted as a difficult child. In reality, the child trusts you completely and for this reason feels free to say just about anything, even things that may hurt you. A child that does not have this trusting relationship will withdraw into themselves.

[Dolly Dimple]

The belt at school.....i was always getting it tho!!! lol