| I was spanked as a child, but my parents did it with a wooden spoon...  in my parents defense I'm a normal person and I deserved all of what I got.  
 I still have a great relationship with my parents but I don't look back on many childhood moments with relish due to spankings.  Often it was done in public or in front of friends, and continued until I was 8 or 9 years old.
 
 I don't have kids yet but I know that from my own experiences I will want to hold off spanking a child until its a last ditch effort to get through to them.
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