Working at a Grocery Store

[UncleTom]

I work at a neighborhood grocery store and have very rarely heard a parent threaten a kid with a spanking for their misbehavior. One time I actually saw a parent give their child one smack for not listening. There has never been a time, in my almost 3 years of working there, where a parent actually decided to take their child to the bathroom and spank them or said they were going to get it when they got home. I am sure if I worked in a grocery store in the past, like the 60's or 70's, I would have a completely different experience when it came to parents punishing their kids in public. I am glad that times have indeed changed. I think that, if you decide that your kid needs to be spanked, it should be done in the privacy of their home. Even if I had a kid that embarrasses me in public, I still wouldn't want to embarrass them by smacking them in the store or taking them to a public bathroom to give them a spanking. I may, however, say something like "we will discuss your behaviour at home", but that will probably be as far as I would be willing to go.