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[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 16 points 4 days 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 4 days ago

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

[-] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 4 days 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 3 days ago

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

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