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DrewKaree:

--- Quote from: shardian on October 04, 2006, 02:51:36 pm ---
Just curious, but is there anyone on here that had a good, healthy prime-time family sitcom upbringing instead of the apparently common unhealthy after-school special upbringing? Maybe we have stumbled upon something else we all have in common other than a arcade/coin-op/button addiction.


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I feel I had a pretty decent childhood growing up.

It was far from the prime-time family sitcom upbringing, which is a HORRIBLE way to judge a family situation.  When serious situations can take a half hour to "fix", and stupid jokes are made at the expense of others to amuse you, the viewer, as in a sitcom, they're FAR from worthy to use as some bellwether of how families should be.  The ONLY sitcom that even comes to mind as something I'd like to see (and is STILL seriously lacking) would be The Cosby Show.

NightGod:

--- Quote from: shardian on October 04, 2006, 02:51:36 pm ---Just curious, but is there anyone on here that had a good, healthy prime-time family sitcom upbringing instead of the apparently common unhealthy after-school special upbringing? Maybe we have stumbled upon something else we all have in common other than a arcade/coin-op/button addiction.

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I had a good childhood-there were it's ups and downs, but I never got more than a (well deserved) spanking from either of my parents, my usual punishment was grounding to my room. I started working washing dishes at 14 to buy my own Nintendo and pretty much spent my childhood playing with friends in the neighborhood-riding bikes, sledding in the winter, legos/GI Joe, basketball-about as average as you can get.

My parents split up my Sophmore year of high school, but by then it really didn't matter due to my age. I saw them both pretty much as much as I wanted and they had a reasonably amiable divorce that wasn't anything even close to traumatic. Incidently, they're back together, just had the 12 anniversary of their second wedding.

Really, the only trauma I had growing up was from outside sources-my sister and I (and her boyfriend/now ex-husband) got into a pretty bad car accident my 8th grade year. She spent two weeks in a coma, wasn't supposed to live, then wasn't suppose to get more than a 4th grade intellect back. She graduated college only a year late with a double major and a minor and now teaches 7th graders, so that obviously worked out OK in the end.

lharles:

--- Quote from: fredster on October 04, 2006, 03:41:59 pm ---Lharles, that was great! That was a really nice post. I enjoyed it very much!

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--- Quote from: leapinlew on October 04, 2006, 04:09:24 pm ---I whole heartedly agree. Well done Lharles.

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Thanks.   :)

shmokes:

--- Quote from: lharles on October 05, 2006, 01:55:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: fredster on October 04, 2006, 03:41:59 pm ---Lharles, that was great! That was a really nice post. I enjoyed it very much!

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--- Quote from: leapinlew on October 04, 2006, 04:09:24 pm ---I whole heartedly agree. Well done Lharles.

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Thanks.   :)

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I thought it was really good too, except the part where you say that spanking is just like any other tool a parent has at his/her disposal and the part where you say it's acceptable.   :cheers:

fredster:
CEO's say that they deserved the spankings they got.

Overwhelmingly they were all spanked. (Maybe by their receptionist?)

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