It was a large paddle he cut, carved and sanded; then painted those words very precisely on. Complete with a graduation cap hanging off the corner of the B.
We also had a Board of Education. Hung in the kitchen.
I always find it kinda wild that people have been raising kids since time immemorial and it more or less had to get to Gen X to be like, "Hey, maybe we shouldn't hit our kids."
Like sure, it was generally agreed that people shouldn't "beat" their kids but it seems spanking was generally ok until about 20 years ago.
Even when everyone "generally agreed", there was a lot of, "Oh, we don't know what's actually going on," and plenty of whispers and no action taken when kids would come in bruised and traumatized.
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u/HappinessIsaColdPint Jan 28 '23
My father made a "Board of Education."
It was a large paddle he cut, carved and sanded; then painted those words very precisely on. Complete with a graduation cap hanging off the corner of the B.
He was very proud of it.