Really, honey child?
It seems to me that with my parents the punishment was the "talk" that came afterwords. Gah! I absolutely HATED the "talk". Who, what, where, when and why with a topping of "we are disappointed in you".
That was the WORST. I would rather take a paddling than have my Mom or Dad say that.
I have used the "disappointed" tactic many times with my child, and it still works well. :-)