Look - my Mom was AMAZING. Great mother but as I get older - I notice that no one wants to raise a hand to their children. I DO NOT condone unnecessarily hitting your children but I gotta say, a smack on the behind when I DESERVED IT even decades later - I'm clear that I deserved it. The man's momma whooped his butt too and ask him - he'll tell ya - he deserved it.
Even as we're adults now - we're two of the most well mannered people we know. Huh...wonder what that's all about...