i was spanked as a child and agree its a worthy punishment. damned society is treating even touching a child as if it is child abuse, regardless of the child's behavior, and its sickening. and thus parents are afraid to even lay a hand on their children, and it shows by watching the news and just looking around at how much these kids misbehave. parenting has gone down the sh!tter anymore.
on that note, I sort of, but sort of didn't fear the spanking and/or my parents. I didn't fear my parents, and it never prevented me from acting out, but once I knew I acted out and saw the response from my parents, I immediately ran to the dining room. There, a table sat in the middle and creating an oval around it. Well, I proceeded to run around it, staying opposite from whichever parent wanted to kill me at that time. it was amusing look back at it now, but I was mighty fearful then. Damn was I freaking out of my mind when I knew what was coming if(when) they finally caught me. lol
oh good times, good times.
and btw, I turned out a good child. both me and my sister. (of whom we both used to fight, her being 3 years older as well. however, we are extremely close and can confide in each other. sadly she lives 12 hours away, but my spring break will be there. excited. damn this has gone on long enough, damn digressions.)
on another note, I can tell who is going to be a bad parent in the future based on how they say they treat or don't treat pets. especially dogs. I have heard numerous girls say they refuse to do anything other than yell 'no' at their dog. Are you kidding? You don't gotta beat a dog, sure, but if the dog is misbehaving (especially once it has learned the proper behavior), a good, mild smack across its ass (unless, of course, it has bad hips) or across the nose is not harmful and gets the point across. if it fears that hit or simply learned what not to do, one cannot tell. but I know my past dog or my sisters dog never 'learned' to fear anyone in my family.
and that's how I know my sister will be a good parent (well at least will not let a kid turn into a devil child, good parenting or not who knows at the moment), and that girls who shy away from punishment likely will not be able to control their children. at least thats what I gather from their behavior.