Yesterday we were watching the highlights of the Russell Harty show: a sequence of interviews from the early 1970s. Among the interviewed, there was Rose Kennedy.
Russell asked her what she thought was her progeny’s secret of success. Without batting an eyelid, she answered:
I used to spank them. With a coat hanger. There’s always a closet around. I used to spank them with a ruler, but then I went to visit my grandchildren and they threw all of the coat hangers down the stairs.
She might have been joking. On the other hand…
Haron, actually I doubt if she was joking, spanking wasn’t at all uncommon in those days.
Warm hugs,
Paul.