It didn't happen often. I frigging learned.
Don't scare the crap out of dad by doing something stupid and almost getting yourself killed...
Love means you teach the kids not to do dangerous stuff again. Ever.
/johnny
Spanking isn’t effective, but we need to get the state out of parenting. Criminalizing parenting while rewarding single motherhood is a recipe for disaster.
I’m with you. I wasn’t switched, but the belt sometimes left a mark. I generally needed it if I got it, and I’m better off for it.
Personally, I always used my hand because then I knew exactly how it felt. However, there were times that finger marks were left. If you ask my kids, they’ll tell you the same I say about my Dad.
If I had ever used a switch, I’m sure I would have drawn blood at times. But cars, horses and rattlesnakes and cactus can be a lot more dangerous, and whatever it took to make a young child listen was better than a single time of not listening when things got hairy.
If the child did something to scare the father the father can spank him, not take a switch to him and leave welts!