How much did your generation get spanked?

I grew up in the UK in the 90s. t's difficult to tell. I didn't tell people I was spanked, so by the same token I didn't know if others were spanked. I knew that the prevailing attitudes were against it, other than the odd smack, so I assumed most weren't getting it but remained fascinated by the idea others might be.

I grew up in the UK in the 90s. t's difficult to tell. I didn't tell people I was spanked, so by the same token I didn't know if others were spanked. I knew that the prevailing attitudes were against it, other than the odd smack, so I assumed most weren't getting it but remained fascinated by the idea others might be.

I also grew up in the UK in the 90s, and I think it really depended on where you grew up. Before the age of 10 I lived in a small town in the north where everyone I knew got spanked.

We were all very open about it with each other, though it's not like we really had a choice in the matter. On plenty of occasions if I misbehaved and we had company I'd simply be dragged into another room, and I also had the experience of being at friends' houses and hearing them getting it and coming back out with red eyes.

If a kid was acting up in public you could almost guarantee the parent would be promising them a spanking when they get home, and if they didn't a bystander would probably suggest it.

At 10 years old, I moved to a larger town in the south. The first time I casually mentioned being spanked, the general reaction was shock and horror. A couple of friends admitted to having been spanked, but most said they'd never experienced it and it's not something we ever talked about again.

I was born in the 50’s, at a time when being slapped across the face by a parent or teacher, was an acceptable punishment for bad behavior. I was spanked and hit with a belt a few times at home. I deserved it, and it taught me right from wrong. Today’s parents and teachers have limited options. I’m not in favor of abuse, but I’ve seen several kids today, that are spoiled brats, with no respect, and their parents couldn’t care less.

England in the 70's & 80's "spanking" punishment i.e. cane, slipper or belt, was for myself and my friends a regular experience several times a week, at home for not behaving, at school for breaking rules or most often for poor effort not achieving high enough marks

I grew up in London in the 1950s and 60s. At school the cane and slipper were the first go to punishment for boys and girls from about 8 upwards. My parents didn't do much spanking, but they certainly thought it was a good punishment, quick to administer, painful, a good deterrent and quite harmless.

I couldn't comment on my friends experiences at home, because they never really talked about it much.

Many mothers spanked their children in public places. Girls wore dresses and boys wore shorts, so it was easy to slap a bare thigh a couple of times, but the mother would often add that she would finish off at home, across her knee!

I think it was still pretty common to get a spanking when I was growing up. I was threatened with spankings more than I ever actually got one. I can honestly only remember getting spanked one time. I was warned to stop doing what I was doing more than once. When I continued I got spanked one or two times over my jeans I was probably seven or eight at the time. My middle sister was there and told me, "You should have stopped, Dad told you to stop."

All through grade school up until highschool all of the teachers kept a wooden paddle in their desks and most of the bus drivers had wooden paddles on their busses. All the parents knew this and accepted it knowing that if their kid messed up at school they were going to get spanked. I was told if I messed up at school and got into trouble it would be worse when I got home. I think most parents had the same thoughts concerning their own kids it was a normal part of society at the time it wasn't considered abuse it was considered discipline.

My generation was spanked much less than the previous one. Next generation even less and now hardly anyone is spanked in developed countries

My parents didn't do much spanking, but they certainly thought it was a good punishment, quick to administer, painful, a good deterrent and quite harmless. (...) Many mothers spanked their children in public places.

Many parents thought so back then. If a parent knew how to spank, the only results were pain and very red buttocks. Corporal punishment had the advantage of being administered quickly after the child's offense. However, I find the beating of children in public abhorrent. I have never been punished like that. Corporal punishment always took place without witnesses.