I could not imagine what things I would have done when I was a boy if not for knowing my father would lay me over his bed and strap my ass with his belt.
THANKS, DAD!
Most kids now days would greatly benefit from a occasional swat with
the "Board of Education"
Bit of a long story here - when I got divorced, my daughter and I moved in with my parents - she was six, almost seven years old. I believe in spanking - and one night, when she misbehaved, I spanked her. My mother freaked out, and pulled me aside and told me, "Your dad and I spanked you too much as a child, and we're sorry."
I told her the truth - I deserved every ass-whipping I received, and that there were a couple that I didn't get because they didn't know about what I did. I would have been even more of a hellion if they hadn't done that, and while I'm not going to say that I appreciated them at the time, I'm glad they did it now.
DITTOS!
Mine never used a belt but by the time I was 12 if I was going to get it I had to go cut a limb off the apricot tree and think about it all the way there and back and whether i cut one the right size. If it was too small he made it clear that he would cut the next one that would be more than ample.