I grew up in an era that you got a spank if you derserved one not a beat down. I also grew up in an era to respect the elderly, to respect my grand parents, to respect my parents and to respect everyone and anyone that has respect for me. I'm glad that I got a spanking when deserved it shaped me into the man I am today. I'm not a criminal and I'm not dead because of carelessness. My parents disciplined because they cared for my well being not because they enjoyed it. There's a difference between discipline and the enjoyment of abuse. Most not all but most that where disciplined understand that their parents did it because they cared they didn't want to see their kids heading down the wrong path in life unfortunately the ones that where abused suffered at the hands of parents that where physically abused themselves as children out of pure enjoyment it makes the abuser feel powerful the abuser does not care about the wellbeing of their children.