Part 2:

My mother could be abusive and cruel at times. However, she never disciplined us in public, feeling that was demeaning to the child. When we got home, it was a different story. She gave us a look and we were miserable the rest of the outing because we knew we would get a tongue lashing as well as a paddling or a grounding when we got home.

We had to be tweaked about once per year, maybe twice some years. We were reprimanded on a regular basis, but outrageous behavior was a yearly rite of passage.