Spanking a child

[Debby]

I too like others have hesitated to read and reply to this thread, I never experienced any violence or spankings in my family, I did get spanked once by the headmaster in my junior school as an example to an unruly class, I feel shame and injustice to this day, as I was not even involved in the disruption.

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I had an experience like that too once Merlin so I know exactly how you felt.

We had a substitute teacher for a day or two and she was giving us a test. The child in the next row leaned towards me and asked something like where she was to write her name and as I pointed to the corner on the page, the sub looked up and assumed we were cheating. Now I can tell you that when I was in elementary school, I loved being at school, excelled and ALWAYS followed the rules so I would never cheat or even help someone else cheat. The thought of getting caught filled me with fear and besides, you just don't do that!

So we got called to the front and the teacher searched through the drawers of her desk looking for the strap and I remember how I stood there feeling like I was going to die. The humiliation was profound and fear of the pain that was coming was overwhelming. Fortunately for us, our teacher didn't believe in strapping kids so she didn't have one in her desk. I think it took several weeks to get over that experience!