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Stuart Grey wrote:

When a child misbehaves, stick him in the corner.

Minor offense, he can sit facing outward.
Moderate offense, he stands with his nose in the corner.
Serious offense, he kneels with nose in the corner.

Only spanking offense: Leaving the corner when put in it for punishment.

How to administer spankings: 1) Never spank when your ****ed. 2) Put a
lot of drama into it, use fear and expectation more than pain. 3) Use a
softly rolled up newspaper, as it makes a lot of noise and doesn't sting
as much. The noise and the expectation of do the work for you. 4) The
newspaper trick almost always work. If not, then you have to escalate to
the bare hand. Never use belts, hotwheel tracks or such, as you can't
feel what your doing.

With any luck, after one or two spankings, you'll never have to do it
again and you can always use the corner. Of course, genetics give people
different dispositions. This technique may or may not work in your family.

I have to disagree with the bare hand, even though it's readily
available for all occasions.

Everything else is spot on.

The kinetic energy of an adult's hand and arm can do unintended injury
to the lower spine, showing little evidence at first. Although you can
feel the force that way, it's not so accurate as one might think.

A light wooden spoon and a good wrist snap, or your newspaper, works as
well with lesser risk. Turning the spoon bowl toward the butt, makes a
very impressive sound too.

Usually the drama has as much effect as the actual spanking.

I remember, too, in school the embarrassment was far worse than the
"swat."