were you Spanked as a child?

yep :D I didn't get any psycho-swats on the ass or anything though.

My father was a spanker. My father's father was a spanker. 

No. My mother always told me that she got punished physically by her father all the time, and that the biggest thing it taught her was that she never wanted to ever do the same thing to her children.GabuEx

I'm glad that some parents actually learn a thing or two based off of their own experiences in life, rather than inheriting them to use on their future children.

Anyways, that was not my parent's case. Yes, I got spanked with a paddle as a small child, and all I remember was how much it sucked.

yes, i was but on rare occasionsinyourface_12

No. My mother always told me that she got punished physically by her father all the time, and that the biggest thing it taught her was that she never wanted to ever do the same thing to her children.GabuEx

I don't see what the big deal is about physically hitting a child if he's misbehaving. Some kids don't always reason, and they need to understand they should obey their parents. Maybe I'm just saying that because I see some kids that aren't yelled at or scolded, and they just run around and raise havoc in public places... viewtiful26

Yes I was spanked, but only when I deserved it. I usually got a verbal warning first and if I continued, I was swatted.

Ive grown up without having been arrested, having never used drugs, etc.

None of my friends were spanked. 

One of them is in rehab for crystal meth. 

One got so into pot that he let it control his life; no job, does nothing, sits around at home...

One of my friends is an alchoholic. 

[QUOTE="viewtiful26"]I don't see what the big deal is about physically hitting a child if he's misbehaving. Some kids don't always reason, and they need to understand they should obey their parents. Maybe I'm just saying that because I see some kids that aren't yelled at or scolded, and they just run around and raise havoc in public places... GabuEx

spanked ? more like savagely beatenAndrovinus

All the time by my dad.  It was the only way he punished me, really.  My mom never did, though. 

I live in Georgia. Take a wild guess. People down here love their corporal punishment. Spankings for the kids and chairs for the adults. Hell, southerners love spanking their kids so much that they came up with their own special brand of spanking called switching. For all ya'll yankees who don't know what switching is, it's where you take a thin, flexible branch off a tree or bush (it's not a stick or anything like that, more like a stiff vine) and use that to spank the kid with. Stings like hell. Oh yeah, and typically the kid is made to go outside and pick out the switch themselves.

[QUOTE="GabuEx"][QUOTE="viewtiful26"]I don't see what the big deal is about physically hitting a child if he's misbehaving. Some kids don't always reason, and they need to understand they should obey their parents. Maybe I'm just saying that because I see some kids that aren't yelled at or scolded, and they just run around and raise havoc in public places... viewtiful26

I dont know about you guys but we had a pool and when i was little and got in trouble i would always run outside and go to the opposite side of our pool so i escaped a lot of spankings :DMontaya

lol i wasnt spanked, i got my ass kicked

Asian(Indian) parents go for the face not the ass.....