Shania Twain
Recalls Domestic Discipline
Redbook Magazine
December 2002
Interviewer: What did you learn
that you won't repeat with Eja (her son)?
Shania Twain: I learned about discipline. In our house,
it was nothing to get a slap for something. Personally, I don't
think there was anything wrong with it. We used to get the belt
when I was young. We all went back to our room crying, but we
weren't devastated, we did not need therapy for having the belt.
I think it depends on how it is applied and the purpose behind
it.
Interviewer: That sounds kind of rough.
Shania: It depends. Parents can get out of control. There
were times when my dad definitely used too many straps, too hard.
I think what I learned from all that is that I personally would
apply discipline differently.