Re: any of you ever get a good whippin'? whats your take on whacking?
When I did have to spank my kids, and not very often, we always had a rule, if you can't do it with your hand, don't spank at all, albeit a personal rule but one we stick to. Anther thing as I think I saw mentioned, you have to talk to your kids as well, I see some parents load off beating the tar out of their behinds yet they won't explain what happened and why. There is a difference between a disciplinary spanking and simply getting mad and spanking the bajeebers out of your kid because you are angry with them. My sons have gotten maybe 4 spankings each in their life, all for good reasons and heart to heart talk after and only because they wouldn't listen to reason prior, my daughter none that I recall, all I have to do is raise my voice a bit and give a look and she listens. Very big difference in children as I suspect it is with everyone. Some may never need that spanking, others, yes. Every child is different. Perhaps not even a spanking but discipline in general has declined to where young kids are running the show while the adults are taking hits for their actions.
I'm sorry but spanking or not, discipline "not abuse" needs to be up to the parent, not people or governments who don't like discipline or spankings or yelling, they are not raising our kids, we are, they don't know them, we do, they aren't there to take care of them when they are sick, make sure they are fed, make sure they get an education and sure aren't there when they need discipline, we are.