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I wished, I PRAYED that someone would have come in and stopped my parents when it was welts and bruises .... because after that, comes the burning matches, the wire hangers, the blood dripping down the back, the broom handles, the two by fours etc.

I'm sorry that you had to endure that, but I don't see it as being progressive. Mine ended when I was 12 years old and ran away from home for a night after getting my tail tanned for poor school. It was the first time I ever "stood up" to my dad and he had enough respect for me to realize it wasn't working as he had been raised to believe and it was the last time he ever did it.

Holy Moly!!!! Sorry you went through that.

I wished, I PRAYED that someone would have come in and stopped my parents when it was welts and bruises .... because after that, comes the burning matches, the wire hangers, the blood dripping down the back, the broom handles, the two by fours etc.

May God comfort and heal you! What was done to you was not discipline. I think you must realize that.

Spanking is not to be done in anger. If it leaves a welt or breaks skin it's wrong. A spanking is supposed to be an "attention getter" for the kid.

Have you ever reconciled with your parents? What was the result?

I wished, I PRAYED that someone would have come in and stopped my parents when it was welts and bruises .... because after that, comes the burning matches, the wire hangers, the blood dripping down the back, the broom handles, the two by fours etc.

Been there, my friend. My parents beat the crap out of me with the usual "This hurts me more than it hurts you," "I'm only doing this because I love you," and "There are many kids who wished their parents spanked them," CRAP!!!

If beating your kid with a whip, switch, belt, willow branch, paddle, rod, stick, or hand is so effective, then one would think that parents would only have to beat their kids once or twice to turn them into well-behaved children. My parents beat me from my earliest memories up until the day I left home for good at aged 17. Obviously the beatings didn't work.

In contrast, I have never laid a hand on either of my children. They are now teenagers, college bound, honor students, star athletes, and have never done anything to provoke the kind of anger that would cause me to spank them.