What was the usual form of punishment that your parental figures gave you?

i was always "whipped" with a belt or the really thinck paddle, and the usual yelling, and guilt trip crap, my dad used to "whip" us so hard that my neighbor called dhr on him and once my step daddie kicked me across the hall, lol, once my mommie burnt me with her liter, and my daddie punched a w hole thru my door......lol.....such viloent parents......

Most often they just talked to me. Sometimes I'd get sent to my room to "think about what I'd done". Once in a great while I got spanked, which consisted of getting a swat or two on the rear with their hand. That was pretty rare, though.

Yelled at, spanked, hit on the legs with a "switch" -- usually an Oleander plant's branch.

That was a gosh awful long time ago. The form of punishment depended on the severity of my infraction and my age at the time. Just about anything at anytime would have involved a stern lecture of some sort. I wouldn't say that they were "calm" as such, but my parents didn't do a lot of yelling. My father might raise his voice a little. They would have never said that I was "worthless" or "stupid", although they might have described my behavior in those terms. "Sent to my room" was the sort of thing they would do to my brother and I when we were kids, if we were fighting or something, not that we had physical fights, but loud disagreements which may have involved complaints to our mother or something. Spankings were only for serious infractions when we were maybe 5 through 12 or there about, and pretty rare. Other than the lectures, getting grounded was probably the most frequent. That simply meant that we weren't allowed to leave the yard unless we were going somewhere with the family, and that we couldn't have friends over. A week was the typical and minimum duration. A month was probably the maximum.

A little of all of it. But I was never thrown into my room or beaten or anything. When i was young, mostly talked to, yelled at, sent to room, maybe a belt sometimes. Older? The same, except we got grounded a lot, mostly for grades, though.

Sent to my room most often. Occasionally spanked and then sent to my room.

Yelled at, slapped, as a young kid I was spanked and sent to my room. When I was older it turned into horrible hours long lectures where I wasn't allowed to speak and I would get slapped (I started hitting back) - I always wished that I had parents who would talk to me like they do on tv. I also was grateful that they were harder on me than on my younger sisters as they grew up - (my parents' economic situation improved and they drank less) I definately learned from those experiences and won't do that to my (future) child. I do think that discipline has its purpose - but my parents used to take their bad moods out on me - I purposely work on not doing that (I don't have kids but I work on it with my partner). The thing I know I carry over from those days is that I yell when I get mad - not all the time, and it is useless so I'm learning to control it - but I'm aware that I'm re-experiencing those feelings.

My parents were great. The most common punishment was to be sent to our rooms. When we were younger, and fought, we would be placed at separate ends of the couch to just sit. Both of these methods really worked well, since we would end up whispering across the hall to each other when sent to our rooms.. and there was an end table at each end of the couch.. one table housed all the kid's books, and we would end up sharing these books while we sat. We always became quick friends again.

I remember the fear of being spanked more than I can remember the act.. I think it only happened once or twice.

My mom's best punishment was guilt.. I was a good kid because if I made my mom cry, it would crush me.. and if I disappointed her, she'd cry. It was funny, because she complained to me recently that her mother used to guilt her all of the time, and she didn't even realize that she'd used the same form of punishment.

Depends on which parent. My mom/stepfather believed in consistency
and structure. My dad believed in ignoring me until I pissed him off enough that he would yell.

Shouted at - but really cool like but a little bit cold rather than passionate. My Mum was scary when she got angry. It worked on me anyway!

As a lil' kid, under the age of 6 I really didn't get in trouble as I recall, more often underfoot of my biological parents fighting, in which case I was either sent, or thrown into my room.

From 6 and on, I was often belittled and yelled at. I got the belt a few times, along with the wooden spoons, sent to my room, grounded mostly it was without tv, or being able to play. I was only physically struck by my grandfather one time and that was for calling my grandmother a (w)itch.

Privileges taken away, and lectures.

I got yelled at and sent to my room.

Actually, most of the time I went to my room on my own after I got yelled at.

My dad used to not let me watch the saints game. I know, I know, it doesnt seem much of a punishment, but you got to take into acount back then they were actually pretty good.

Yelled at, talked to about the situation, had a privilege temporarily taken away (no TV tonight, etc) My parents were very reasonable and cool

I was abused physically and emotionally, I was also neglected but that's a different survey.

I was calmly talked to, *told*, yelled at viciously, sent to my room and smacked. Being calmly talked to, *told* and sent to my room were the most common. I was rarely smacked, but enough that I know I could never do it to a child of mine without feeling immense levels of guilt. The vicious shouting was usually when me and my brothers had all been fighting and my mum would just lose it completely and call us all sorts of names, which at that age we had no idea what they meant. That was definitely the worst. We'd all run away, white-faced and go and cry in our rooms.

hardly ever punished but when i was, spanking(with hand) and sent to room!!
yes, i was a goody two shoes until the end of high school!!!!!!!!!

I may have been spanked a couple times when I was little, I can't remember. I think maybe yelled at and sent to my room.

I was 4th in line so when my turn came about; they just let go because they were so tired from fighting with my siblings. It's great being the baby of the family!!

Usually a short lecture designed to permanently etch guilt into me about such behavior. I was never really punished. For that matter, I was still allowed to do these things if I wanted to, but it was unlikely since I would spend the whole time fretting about being unresponsible.

Yelled at, spanked, and sent to my room, sometimes all in a row depending on what I was in trouble for.

Hmm. Yells and talking and slaps but not often.

Yelled at, sent to my room and occasionally smacked.

Beat with belt or switch

sent to my room, switched(spanked with a thin stick), stand in the corner, grounding no privelages.

My most common punishment was being sent to my room, but I got spanked a fair bit growing up (maybe 6 times a year through age 10, 4 times a year from 11-14, and a handful of times in high school). Whippings after age 11 or so were given by my dad with a belt.