It’s disturbing that some here seem to base their conservative “cred” on how much and often they were hit as children, or how much and often they hit their own. As the saying goes, there are stereotypes for reasons, and libs understand that too.
My brother has a grandson who he loves but is a little monster and his dad enables him to be a punk. The kid receives no discipline from his father and my brother disciplines him with words but would gladly swat his butt too but his father refuses to allow that. Here’s a case where an ash hole father is creating an ash hole of an undisciplined son. Of course every scenario is a bit different from family to family.