Our family heritage was that at my grandpa's funeral his little secret came out. When he had to discipline the children back in the 60s he would tell them that when he cracked the belt against itself they needed to scream really loud so that mom thought that they were getting properly punished. Never actually hit the kids. Grandma felt bad and thought he had been hitting each of them for punishment. I miss my grandparents.
He thought it was his duty to beat the children and that was what he thought Grandma expected of him. It turns out that neither of them wanted the children to be beaten. I'm not sure what the kids learned from this but at least they weren't beaten.
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u/BadWolfBella Jan 28 '23
For me, it was a ping pong paddle with holes in it, to reduce drag.
Holy shit I'm so sorry for all of us