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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. This is interesting to me, to see many responses on the spooning?  I don’t think I could name one friend or relative who was not spanked or had a parent use something like a sandal or spoon. We even had other people’s grandparents disciplining us as kids. [/quote]

How old are you? My oldest is in his 40s and none of the other parents I knew were spanking their kids at that time. And using an object to hit your kids with was definitely thought of as outrageous. 
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(DP). Im 44. I was spanked, my brothers got the belt when they were really bad.

I don’t spank my kids but I know two other moms who used a wooden spoon / spatula on their kids, 5-10 years ago. They freely talked about it, the one mom who used the spatula called it a “spatchie pop” lol. This was in the country, I think it’s still prevalent in rural areas.

Kate’s behavior didn’t seem that bad to me. I was raised by less than stellar parents though…[/quote]

Wow, I’m surprised at that. To be fair, I lived in more city/suburban type areas, typically in neighborhoods with a high proportion of college educated parents. Spanking kids was thought of as the thin edge of the wedge leading to abuse. It certainly wasn’t thought of as a normal disciplinary technique. 
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