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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't spank my kids, but I was regularly spanked by my mom growing up.  Her reasons for spanking were safety issues and major, major bad behavior (e.g., one time I drew a huge drawing in pen on the wall after repeatedly being told not to draw on the wall).  I am not scarred at all by spankings and actually have no ill feelings towards my mom about the spankings.  My memories of the spankings are not scary or upsetting.  But I think everyone and every situation is individual - my mom spanked just with her hand (no belts, etc. - where I grew up, that was considered getting whipped) and it honestly didn't hurt.  Most everyone I knew growing up was spanked occasionally, so it was kind of the norm and thus I didn't think it was a big deal.  In fact, my mom spanked me in public at least once - [b]I remember grabbing a bunch of glass containers from a grocery store shelf while she was putting something in the cart and I dropped them, sending them crashing down and getting glass everywhere.  She took me to the end of the aisle, checked that I was okay (no glass, cuts), and gave me a spanking right there.[/b]  I am sure this would not be condoned these days, but that incident doesn't bug me.  I knew people who were hit using belts, switches, etc., and we all thought that was abnormal and abusive.

So if I wasn't upset by spanking growing up, why don't I spank?  My husband is against it so we agreed not to do it.  We use time-outs, taking away privileges related to the bad behavior, etc.

This is such a polarizing topic, almost as bad as the breastfeeding v. formula debates.

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So your mother spanked you in public for accidentally breaking some containers? And you think this was okay? Wow.[/quote]

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