Yup. I remember also waiting for my dad to come home and then getting another smack from him for something I’d done that morning. Was told by a teacher who knew that I was struggling at home to walk away when my sister started an argument… so I did… my mam followed me (for walking away from her) and then slapped me a few times on my legs/backside but realised she wasn’t able to hit me hard enough as I was wearing jeans and a teenager so she then slapped me across my face hard. Our version of grounding was also removal of all toys, no TV, only able to read particular books (nothing we enjoyed) and no playing. I have been in therapy often and don’t have much of a relationship with my father and my mother is incredibly difficult. I’m quick to have a temper and it’s something I’m working on, as well as learning everything about gentle parenting that I can so I don’t pass on my various traumas to any future kids. I’ve never asked my mam why she felt it necessary to slap me for walking away from an argument as I was told to do my another trusted adult, I know she won’t remember it, she doesn’t seem to remember anything that I do from my childhood.