The Things Mums Say!

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Thing was, hard as my father was, he never lifted a finger to any of us. Just him being 'mad' was enough. The house would be in total silence until we went to bed.

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Thing was, hard as my father was, he never lifted a finger to any of us. Just him being 'mad' was enough. The house would be in total silence until we went to bed.

My dad always used to count slowly, but forcefully, to three.
But he never got past two.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

When a mother grabs her kid by the arm and tries to smack him while he tries to get away and forces her to rotate on the spot whilst flailing at him I sometimes wonder if kids circle in the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere...

[tomcat]

Interesting thread! My mother was a feisty woman considering she was 5ft and 7 stone soaking wet. She'd always intervene if she saw something that was going on in the street that she knew was wrong and generally did a great job of it. She was in Tescos in Albany Road one day when she was about 85 and witnessed a rough woman badly beating up her very small child. With no hesitation she grabbed the woman's hand and gave her a right dressing down and threatened to call social services and get the kids taken away frpm her. It worked, and after the woman left several people came up to her to congratulate her on her actions. She told them how they should all be ashamed of themselves for standing and just watching before letting an 85 year old sort it out, too bloody right mam