With my kids, we spank and started at a very young age. Not very often, but we give a well timed whack to the bum when it counts, and believe me, it is very effective.
Yep. I can remember being whacked a handful of times. Every time I deserved it, and every time it made a big impression, literally and figuratively.
I can't believe we've gotten to the point where a man can get hauled off to jail for leaving a few red marks on his kid's butt.
Repeated serious abuse is one thing. A whack on the butt every now and then is another.