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[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 72 points 2 months ago

Some of us were lucky enough to get both kinds!

[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 months ago

Do both at the same time by getting your kids to go pick the switch (young, thin tree branch that’s still bendy) that they’re going to be whipped with!

-a huge portion of southern parents

[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Had a weeping willow tree in the front yard. Been there done that!

[-] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 months ago

My mom would threaten to have my sibling pick the switch. Never actually did, but the threat was there. She told us that her parents would actually do it, implying we should be grateful she was a gentler parent.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I remember this! My sister's legs were bleeding.

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