This weeks prompt for Week 40: Trouble.
What happened when you got into trouble as a child? What was punishment like in your home?
When my mother or father was angry with me I would get sent to my room. My room was actually one of my favorite places to be. I had my books, my animals (birds, hamsters, guinea pigs, the cat - great napping company), a television, a stereo, everything I really enjoyed. I do remember storming off and slamming my door but once I got to my room everything was fine.
The one thing I do remember is the guilt. I always felt guilty for being bad. My parents yelled and then there was the talk: "We know you are better then this" or the famous "We are so disappointed in your behavior". The guilt was worse than any banishment to the room or chore I was require to do. Somehow to this day I think my parents still use the guilt method on me, heaven knows I respond well to it.
There may be a guilt gene in the family. One of my youngest chi…