I was raised in a black southern baptist home, so spankings sort of went with the territory, although they were an infrequent occurrence.
My dad wasn't really a disciplinarian. His idea of discipline was to give you a quick thwap across the knuckles with his finger or a stern "you better get your act together" look. My mom only spanked us as a last resort, and stopped altogether when we reached the age of 10 or 11. Even still, I can count on one hand the number of times we were spanked.
I personally don't believe in spanking and never utilized it as a form of discipline or behavioral modification.
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There are worse ways of hurting a child than by a smack on the ass. Psychological harm is much worse.

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Yes.
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My mom would spank me. Dad used to come at me with frying pans, step stools, or would just flat out beat the **** out of me.
If I have children, I wouldn’t physically punish them because there are far more effective forms of punishment that don’t involve harming them physically or even emotionally. I mean, honestly if I got in trouble, I was never really worried about getting hit or getting beat, I was more worried about being grounded or having something taken away from me.
I live. I die. I live again.

To answer this topic with sincerity, nobody will ever lay a hand to any of my future children, but they wlll be fully indoctrinated on everything that makes the United Kingdom the great power it is.
Also, my first born son is going to be the captain of Rangers.
Hep: "I'll post a topless picture if you do the same ;)"

Oh, yes! I'm coming…
…to our Taco Bell dinner.

oh yeaa vlad you turned out so great and handsome and oh so charismatic. did i mention handsome? i want to take you out on a fancy date to taco bell.

HECANT, HUNGRY, PUTIN

I won't hear a word against her! I was only weaned away from her because I was introduced to Scotch (single malt, of course).

Wow! So young. It's like your mom didn't even care at all!

Thank you. TSP! I attribute it to the fact that I was breast-fed till I was 32.

Bless!
And you turned out great!
I will never understand parents or spouses who believe physically punishing your loved ones is a healthy method of reform or communication.

If it helps - for every parent there was often at least one grandparent heaping on really terrible advice. That's also from my experience as a parent.
So in part it could be that they were getting really dodgy advice and pressure.
Not that that ever excuses, but it may help explain, at least some of this stuff.

Precisely. My father has passed away (he never laid a hand on me, but had a violent temper and we would have plenty of holes punched in walls and doors and broken items in the house as well as the only time he's raise his very soft and gentle voice would be in his fits of rage, when he'd cuss something fierce and yell loudly…might be why I am a quiet person and don't like boisterous people).
However, my mother would be the one to do the beatings, and it was on the flesh, not through clothes. As I got older, I went from feeling angry towards her, vindictive, and then indifferent. We've been estranged for many years, although she's reached out a few times, and I feel nothing. I've stopped caring. I don't want to try. She's not worth the effort to reconnect. She broke boundaries and trust.
Why would parents want to hurt their children?
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith

I grew up on the cusp of corporal punishment from one's parents becoming a bad thing, and I am in my very late 40s. It saddens me to hear that people much younger than me suffered it too.
I would say it did nothing for me other than fuel resentment/revenge fantasies. anybody who rationalizes it otherwise should perhaps rethink things.
Because to be honest, it was less about the pain inflicted than it was the shame and the dominance,

Maybe it was more than a hundred years ago. I forget, it’s been a while since I listened to it
Stop.

Not THAT young. I just don’t age but I take your point
Ever listen to Carlin’s hardcore history? In one podcast, he discusses how one hundred years back it was commonplace and encouraged to beat your kids. Good parenting back then, as life was tougher.
Stop.

You are a young'un.

Nothing physical. I was held to high standards but I wasn’t physically harmed ever.
Stop.

My Dad was army too. Terrifying figure. I feared his disapproval even more than I did a beating, oddly enough.

Oh, yes. My father was a military man and was quite fond of physical punishments. I don't plan on having any children, so I've no preferred parenting style, but I will say that nothing in childhood was a better deterrent than the thought of catching a beating.
Hark! Harold the angel sings.

Did you ever have to pick your own thorned switch? WTF!? Our parents were sadists!

Here's a little free tip, and you will never ever need to lift a hand:
Work on your Dad-growl. It helps me that I am (IRL) a tall and severe-looking person, but a good growl will work wonders in terms of getting misbehaving children to change their ways, fast.

I don't think I'm a sociopath nor do I want folks to think I'm one nor have I ever claimed to be one but I'm glad Sophie thinks I'm one of it solves the question of why her own friends think she's an insufferable bitch. Maybe you should permanently put me on ignore with this account too before I make you melt the **** out again.

you are not a sociopath baby snuh you just wanna be seen as one because you find the idea of being one cool and you wanna impress hungry. wannabe sociopath as monicah would say lol!