Did Charles or Caroline ever strike or raise a hand to any of the
children or threaten them with such action?

I remember in one ep Charles threatened to give Laura a whipping but he never did.

Originally posted by Mijada:
I remember in one ep Charles threatened to give Laura a whipping but he never did.


What episode was that?

Originally posted by webwarrior762004

What episode was that?

I'm not for certain as I have not seen these eps in a while but I think it was where Laura wandered off by the river and didn't return home until after dark. She had found a bottle by the river with a note in it and kept going back trying to find out who sent the note. She lost track of the time and was late for dinner and Charles got mad and threatened to whip her if she did it again.

Once,Caroline gave Marie a big slap on her
face when she insulted her mother because
she thought Caroline had an affair with the
handy man who came to help to fix the house.

Originally posted by Mijada:
I'm not for certain as I have not seen these eps in a while but I think it was where Laura wandered off by the river and didn't return home until after dark. She had found a bottle by the river with a note in it and kept going back trying to find out who sent the note. She lost track of the time and was late for dinner and Charles got mad and threatened to whip her if she did it again.


Did Charles or Caroline yell at her?

Originally posted by Céline:
Once,Caroline gave Marie a big slap on her
face when she insulted her mother because
she thought Caroline had an affair with the
handy man who came to help to fix the house.


That should be Mary, not Marie.

Originally posted by webwarrior762004

Did Charles or Caroline yell at her?

I believe Charles raised his voice to the girls a few times but I really don't remember him yelling at them.

Yes, Pa DID! Remember when he and Laura were with the crippled Mr. Edwards on that hunting trip and Mr. Edwards openly expressed wanting to kill himself? Laura pleaded with him not to and Pa SLAPPED her and told her that he was sorry but he couldn't let her interfere or go to pieces while Mr. Edwards needed to decide to live! I know he did in the end but I think Laura had the right idea not wanting to let him be alone in such a volatile state!

She wasn't an Ingalls kid, but Nellie needed an attitude adjustment.

Originally posted by hawaii five-o
She wasn't an Ingalls kid, but Nellie needed an attitude adjustment.

Everybody in town should've been able to line up and slap Nellie just once. One slap per person.

There was an episode where Carrie is getting on Laura and Mary's nerves and Mary let's Carrie wander off and ended up falling in a well. I haven't seen it in a long time, but for some reason I think that Ma got mad at Mary for letting Carrie wander off. Did she?