Originally Posted by memyselfI

Beating and spanking or two different things. I'm shocked anyone would go near defending this beating even if they were spanked with a belt. I was and my parents are horrified that they ever did such a thing. They would have been in trouble with the law these days and those spankings weren't remotely as bad as this. Two or three swats. As I write that I cringe that they ever thought that was an acceptable practice.