J.Nathan Spears

Glad we could help. Not sure there's points left to cover about spanking; at least I can't think of any at the moment. *shrug* The main thing is to limit the use and the number of spankings per misbehavior, so that it doesn't turn into abuse.
Honestly I find myself feeling old when I think about how kids these days are raised, too. People get all offended when I say a swat would do their kids a world of good, and one of my aunts has a pair of spoiled brats because she won't spank and won't let anyone else spank her kids, and I can only wonder how they think these kids are going to turn out. Especially with this trend towards rude behaviors nowadays. Probably part of why I - and you - feel old when talking about the kids these days is because I/we hold true to an older method of raising children, one that we know works, and we see what happens when it's not followed and should be. (Not that all kids need the physical discipline, but certainly a lot of them need at least a swat now and then.)