I appreciate your insight. The most dreaded words after getting a spanking from my mother was wait for your dad to get home.

Writing that still sends chills up my spine.

In my family a lot of the spankings were used to instill lessons to teach us to survive. Do you know if the friends who received beatings, beat their kids now...if they have kids? This also might depend on your age. If you are older than 50 do their kids beat their grandkids?

I think a lot of the discourse about children not having any respect comes from the resentment of many children today not getting spanked like we were.