To his men, Lieutenant Hartmann may be a hero, but to Dad he’s still a disobedient brat, who is not too old for a good spanking!
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5 thoughts on “Daddy’s Home”
This amazing artistic work along with the portrait of Eisenhower in the background dating it, brings back vivid memories of my best childhood friend Frank. Frank’s father was a corporate executive who believed in tough love and strict discipline for his son. Whenever he “misbehaved”, Frank was forced to go to the back yard and cut a birch switch. He was stripped naked in a similar manner and made to endure a very painful chastisement. I recall seeing Frank’s naked bottom in the shower after gym class decorated with welts from his dad’s punishments. I also recall Mr. Jones our gym teacher, nodding his head in approval after studying Frank’s chewed out behind . Child Protective Services ready to intervene on behalf of Frank’s bottom was inconceivable in those days.
Thanks for the comment Doctor Garrett, and for your narrative regarding your friend, I am sure that Frank was a better and more disciplined person, having been set on the right track in his youth. The difference, of course, with this picture is that the son, is a young army officer, and as such, child protective services would never have got involved.
This amazing artistic work along with the portrait of Eisenhower in the background dating it, brings back vivid memories of my best childhood friend Frank. Frank’s father was a corporate executive who believed in tough love and strict discipline for his son. Whenever he “misbehaved”, Frank was forced to go to the back yard and cut a birch switch. He was stripped naked in a similar manner and made to endure a very painful chastisement. I recall seeing Frank’s naked bottom in the shower after gym class decorated with welts from his dad’s punishments. I also recall Mr. Jones our gym teacher, nodding his head in approval after studying Frank’s chewed out behind . Child Protective Services ready to intervene on behalf of Frank’s bottom was inconceivable in those days.
Thanks for the comment Doctor Garrett, and for your narrative regarding your friend, I am sure that Frank was a better and more disciplined person, having been set on the right track in his youth. The difference, of course, with this picture is that the son, is a young army officer, and as such, child protective services would never have got involved.
Such a coincidence Bruce. That’s exactly what my dear friend Frank became!
And there we see the benefits of wisely applied domestic discipline.
Sadly, Frank was killed in action.