| I only remember being spanked once as a child and it only occurred after all other methods failed. My mother sold Tupperware and, when I was 6 or 7, I apparently took all of her sales money (several hundred dollars) and was carrying it around town in my little Minnie Mouse purse. We had a conversation about why stealing was bad and I guess I made the appropriate noises, because she considered it resolved. A few days later, I helped myself to some money from my stepfather's wallet. Time out, grounding, another conversation. About a week after that, I took my uncle's cashed paycheck...that was when the spanking occurred. The funny thing is, I still remember it, not because it hurt so badly - it didn't - but because I was so embarrassed.
We did get occasional swats though; on the bottom when we were younger and the back of the hands as we got older.
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