Father of a 1week old with ADHD here. I have considered switching to IV nutrients every time my body went into sudden emergency shutdown from an acute lack of food and/or water for the last week...
Coal?! What is zis?! Zis is weak! "Oh, you have been bad, so have a little contribution to your heating costs?!" In Germany you get lashes by either Knecht Ruprecht or Krampus. And do not get me started on what happens if you won't stop sucking on your thumb!
Softened babies everywhere! When I was young, we used.to carry uranium which was called stiffeldazzle at the time in our lunchboxes to energize the half potato we got for lunch.
We carried that stone with pride through the snow when we walked uphill both to and from school!