Corporal punishment as discipline is not only ineffective, it's damaging.

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45. Writing a hot check to the police

and getting arrested (I was 16). Setting a small homemade bomb off in the high school. (this was well before Columbine when in-school suspension was the punishment), Underage sex with the mayor's daughter in the football stadium and getting caught.....I would need to ask my mom and dad what the other incidents were, I don't remember, there were so many.

And no they never threatened to hit me again if I cried. They popped me once or twice, and it was done. My dad would slap me in the face once or twice and it was done. I never squirmed, I knew what was coming, took my punishment and it was over. Why would I defend myself? I was wrong and had punishment coming. I did the exact same to my children and they thanked me for it recently, because they both turned out better than my sisters kids who were never hit and are all in jail, in rehab or worse.

I was not abused, my kids were not abused, my grandkids will not be abused. But thank you for trying to tell me I was.