Past subjunctive triggers

QuestionAnswer
to raise
criar
discipline
la disciplina
I didn't want you to raise them without discipline.
No quería que los criaras sin disciplina.
to mature
madurar
to value
valorar
I hoped that my daughter would mature and value things.
Esperaba que mi hija madurara y valorara las cosas.
to obey
obedecer
demanding
exigente
I doubted that the boy would obey his demanding father.
Dudaba que el niño obedeciera a su padre exigente.
to punish
castigar
The mother didn't want us to punish them like that.
La madre no quería que los castigáramos así.
to spoil
malcriar
He was the grandfather I asked not to spoil the children.
Era el abuelo a quien le pedí que no malcriara a los niños.
I was glad that she raised the baby well.
Me alegraba de que ella criara bien al bebé.
home
el hogar
We preferred that he matured in our home.
Preferíamos que él madurara en nuestro hogar.
I didn't want the discipline to be too demanding.
No quería que la disciplina fuera demasiado exigente.
It bothered me that my husband spoiled them and never punished them.
Me molestaba que mi esposo los malcriara y nunca los castigara.
punishment
el castigo
I feared that the punishment wouldn't work and he wouldn't obey.
Temía que el castigo no funcionara y él no obedeciera.
They were the parents we begged to value discipline.
Eran los padres a quienes les rogamos que valoraran la disciplina.
It was necessary that the home not be so demanding.
Era necesario que el hogar no fuera tan exigente.
We doubted that the punishment was fair.
Dudábamos que el castigo fuera justo.