Wahnfried meant home. Siegfried and Winifred spent time with the children whenever they were in Bayreuth, though they were often absent, travelling. Breakfast and lunch were eaten together and at 4pm there was afternoon tea, which was an extended ceremony following the custom of the English upper classes. Siegfried was good-natured and indulgent and, since he was barely involved in the upbringing of his children, he found Friedelind's cheekiness amusing, whereas Winifred's concern was to tame her rebellious daughter. Friedelind possessed a penetrating voice and knew how to use it, which soon brought her the nickname ‘Krachlaute’ (literally, ‘racket’). Her brother Wolfgang wrote that she ‘dominated with big words – often flippant ones’, which ‘amused my father, but often compelled my mother to reprimand her … she always behaved flamboyantly and the volume of her voice alone drew the attention of all bystanders’. This barely flattering depiction already hints at the close relationship between Friedelind and her father. The latter's liberal ideas of how to bring up children were different from the rigid notions of his wife, who was perfectly able to dole out corporal punishment and other punitive measures that Friedelind often had to endure. She was the only child to be smacked by Winifred, though it did little to change her.