Let's talk about corporal punishment

Hopefully, this dies with us, altho I know it will never die completely.

My dad was a pastor, and very much a 'spare the rod and spoil the child", altho he only gave me one whipping that I can remember. My mom was the one who usually did it. For years I didn't think I was abused, but looking back now, yikes. My mom kept a special whipping belt on the back of the couch and her favorite threat was "I'm gonna get the belt". She also used to tell me that she owed me a whipping and when I owed her a few, she would deliver. One time I remember crying and looking at the welts and bruises on my back in the mirror and my mom caught me and laughed at me. It was just the other day when I realized I had to have been between 7-9 years old when that happened. Good God!

At my elementary school, there was a paddle in the office, but I can only remember it being used on a classmate one time and if I remember correctly it was only one swat.

I am ashamed to admit that I did spank my kids some. Not often, and never using an object, but I was raised that way and believed it to be effective.

So did you get spanked? Did they use a paddle at your school? Did you spank your kids?