Agreed. I fully believe in spanking. And yes, there is a HUGE difference between spanking a bum and a beating.
Baby animals get nipped and such when misbehaving...it's the clearest way to communicate to people of a certain age.
My mother had a 3rd (well, 4th actually since last year I found out I have an older brother who was given up for adoption), kid with her new husband. This guy does not believe in spanking. He goes so far as that he does not believe in the word "NO" because it's too negative.
Yeah...take a good guess as who the better behaved child was, lol.
I'm old fashioned. I believe in spanking and I believe in letting my kids (dont' have any) take peanut butter sandwiches to school. If the class bully decides to steal my kids lunch and is allergic to peanuts...well...I have a huge problem with bullies, so I'd have no problem. The kid has to learn sometime. You don't want to die? Then don't steal other people's stuff.
(where the heck did that come from, lol)