Did you ever get a lickin' (spanking) with a strap when you were a kid?

Nope. I've been hit by a parent though (as in, not a smack or a slap, and it was in the face).

No, just hands or a "switch" from a plant branch.

I don't recall... it was mostly just the threat of it that I recall. I was also a little angel as a kid (or so they thought), so I almost never got in trouble. My brother probably got spanked a lot though. HA HA!

Naw, luckily this sort of thing was illegal by the time I was around.

I somehow recall a swat, or threat of a swat when young. I know I spanked my children.

In my earlier days, children were respectful of their elders. We would NEVER think of being disrespectful. Generally, men treated women with respect, treated them as ladies, and women were more respectful of men. It's a terrible shame that the enemy came on the scene, and caused a big divide.

No, not with a strap.

Yes. Mine was the same experience(s).

Only been spanked once in my whole life. When I beat a kid on the head with a toy gun (remember in those days toys were metal, not plastic).

nope!

Anyone who would hit a kid with a strap or any other object needs to be arrested for child abuse. This is yet another carry-over from the era of dysfunctional christianity inspired child-rearing which has produced even more dysfunctional adults.

Never... A couple of smacks with a wooden spoon is all I remember.

No. My mother spanked us with her hand occasionally. I'm not sure my dad ever did, though.

Nah. My dad gave me a slap a couple of times, but never with anything other than his hand.

The enemy?

Uh, yeah.. I was in therapy for years. It was not me being naughty, it was for my mother to release her anger.

The enemy are those that have infiltrated all of our institutions in this country, trying to destroy them. One being the family. One being marriage. Respecting elders. The foundational roots of the country. The list goes on.... Satan's demons have been working especially hard in the last 50 years.

I think people who spank for every minor infraction must be too stupid to know how to sit down and actually talk to their kid. Those kinds of people shouldn't have kids. Spanking with straps or other objects is totally unnecessary.

A few people I know got hit with belts, curtain rods, and those flappy race track pieces.

I am pretty sure I got spanked once, but I can't say for sure. I must have been very small, because I remember only sitting in my room waiting for it -- considering ways to pad my bottom without being caught.

You think Satan actually exists?

YES

Um, I don't think ever with a belt..A hand, and only once at a time..I do know I have a ruler thing that says "Kelly's fanny wacker'' on it, but I dunno if it was actually ever used..that was too long ago.
I think spanking is ok (although I couldn't say if I would ever do it or not) as long as it's used sparingly and not for every little thing..I think it should be used kind of like a car horn (when the car horn is used correctly), when the child is in danger and isn't listening when you tell them to get out of the way..Or maybe I'm rambling..I don't think spanking is abuse unless you do it all the time..all the time..
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Once in Grade 3 by the teacher. Two straps, one on each hand. I didn't cry. My folks never hit us, but my mom had a wooden spoon hanging on the wall that had a bear and a deer on it and read "For the cute little dear with the bare behind". She'd smack the table with it to make her point, but never us.

Once or twice

Yes, but not very often. Whe I got the belt, it was for something really bad. My mother, however, hit us with wooden spoons pretty frequently, but it wasn't really a spanking...more like a quick stinging reminder.

Yes but not by my parents; the strap was used by my girl friend’s mother

Yes, my dad had a razor strap he used to beat us with. My step mother used a broom handle on me once, I blocked it and broke it and put fear in her.

Yes, when I was young my dad would spank me over his knee with his hand on my bare bottom. He would just pull my pants down. When I reached puberty around 14 yrs and started to grow pubic hair , things changed, I was usually spanked at the end of the day. Told to go to my room and get undressed to my underwear. As a teenager he used a strap on me. He would come to my room, tell me to turn around and then pull my underwear down and have me step out of them. Naked, he would have me bend over the bed or lay on my stomach on the bed. Usually 5-10 good hard straps to my butt. It hurt and I usually cried but when he was done he always gave me a hug, explained why I was whipped and told me to get into bed. I always deserved it and the last time I got the strap I was 19. I didn't mind him seeing me naked as I often saw him nude. Sometime when I was whipped it was late and he was just wearing his pajama bottoms. He was a good dad and I loved him. Comments or more detail to mjnsv@hotmail.com

Yes.. we were spanked with the belt as well growing up!! It was very common then and yes it did work well as discipline!

No. I was smacked with a hand a few times, but my parents regret doing it and had stopped using it as a form of punishment by the time my younger brother was old enough to really be disciplined.

I had many lickin's with a belt! If I was bad I could expect to have a sore Butt from the dreaded strap!

Yes. We were being bad, we were spanked. Children these days are coddled. Part of the reason is that GOOD parents are afraid of getting in trouble.

My (adopted) Dad gave me a smack (ALWAYS BARE BOTTOM)! but he also had another way of giving me a VERY sore bottom when i needed one!. He would lay me across his lap or a chair and with a small sheet of sandpaper rubbed my bottom, HARD, for about 20-30 seconds, it didn't hurt much as he did it but after a few minutes it literally felt like my bottom was on fire!-VERY sore!. Then i was stood in a corner, hands on my head-bottom on fire!...oh the pain!!..i can still remember it!. I was crying with my poor, bleeding, red raw little scorched bottom waving about trying to cool it down-never worked!. Then after half an hour Dad offered cream (which was VERY embarrassing-having to poke your bare bottom out while you Dad gives it a good old rub with cream)! but i didn't think of saying no-ANYTHING to ease the stinging!, infact i often said "more cream PLEASE Daddy" and (as i couldn't remove my hands from my head) "PLEASE Daddy give it a REALLY good extra rub..it's soooo sore", which he did but my face was as red as my bottom!! still his hands rubbing it helped slightly so i enjoyed it too-nice and cool!, still it was sore for a good few days, first 4 nights i slept on my tummy. After my bottom being rubbed i said sorry and wanted a cuddle (i loved him a lot)...followed him everywhere!. You could always tell if i'de been naughty cause my bottom was smeared with white cream!. But i obeyed him and it worked a treat!.

Yes I just assumed everyone who is now 35 plus had been given the strap or switch when they were younger. Now a days though you must "talk"to your child and ask them to do things. Like "can you go take a bath or please come in for dinner it's gettting dark out. My favorite though I have to say is the whole "time out" I just laugh when I hear my friens say that to there kids. My children were raised with that little bit of fear of gettin a beatin. I hate to say it but it works much better than"please stop jumping on the couch for the tenth time" Just one quick slap on the behid the first time they jump and wow they don't seem to do it again.