It was always at the hand of my mom. She would threaten to "tell daddy" but he never did anything. Never understood why she thought that was an effective strategy to make us behave. The spankings ended when I was about ten. Either I became more "socialized" or she just didn't think it was proper.
Like I said the spankings/switchings weren't too painful. I was very close to my mom as an adult so I don't think the punishments put a huge dent in my psyche. I do think the severity of capital punishment is a huge factor it how well children fare as adults. There has to be a lot of other good stuff going on or therapy to cope with the effects of severe abuse.
Corporal punishment also existed in my elementary school and maybe my junior high. I was basically a well behaved kid, so never met up with the principal's paddle. School spankings were common back then and very, very wrong imo.
Grits so sorry about what sounds like a very difficult childhood. No little kid should have to endure that. 
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