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I'm definitely kind of a fence sitter on this one. I don't think a spanking should be out of the question but should be used very sparingly also. Like someone else here, I also had an experience when I was 6 years old with a schoolteacher slapping me really hard in front of the whole class. It wasn't so much the pain that bothered me it was the humiliation. To this day I still cannot remember why I was hit. It was probably because I was talking too much or something or I didn't use the formal "you" - which doesn't exist in English - in addressing her one time - either way I'm not really sure.

Having said that, I do think that a spanking in private where it doesn't involve public humiliation can be beneficial on the odd occasion having had a taste of it from my parents. Looking back I even think that I should have gotten a few more of those because now I realize that there are times I'm really ashamed of how disrespectful I've been towards them when I was in my early teens. They however, never punished me in any way in front of people and I think that makes a very important difference. I also have a cousin whose dad likes to go nuts on him for every little thing and well...needless to say it just becomes a very disgusting routine after some time without any positive effects.

btw being 20 years old now I still think about that teacher and fantasize about meeting her in the street and slapping her back as hard as I can and then letting her know why...call me crazy..