Did you ever get a 'switching' as a kid?

[ro901]

I got a switching several times. I don't feel like I was abused. Some kids mind their parents better than others. I was a bit on the incorrigible side. My mother would make me pick out my own switch and it took me a couple times to realize that the smaller the switch, the more sting it had.

[stvdns]

Was normal to get a smack on the *bleep* as a kid, got your attention back where it belonged

[aggie49]

yes i sure did but it was by my step father who was a bad father he did things that made my childhood bad but he is gone now and i can say i do not miss him

[Nancy5]

No, never.  My parents didn't believe in hitting.  I can't remember either of them ever hitting either my sister or myself.  When my dad died and my mom remarried my stepfather never hit either of us either.

[demaina]

Nope, but I don't think I ever really did anything that would've deserved it.  I was one of those kids that never left the house unless going to school.  So eh, don't know.

[raven1114]

I got a few spankings as a kid but not many. I don't recall any being with a switch though.

[luvh8tragedy87]

I was only spanked once. My dad felt so bad he never did it again. It's not like it scarred me or anything, I can't even remember what I did.

[Timberlan127]

I have never been switched. I got a slap on the butt now and then if i couldn't behave but never anything else. I think switching is a little too much. A  small spanking to get attention and tell a child you are serious should be more than enough.

[countrygirl12]

I don't see anything wrong with spanking.  I do not see it as "hitting" or "abusing".  If a few more kids got spanked or paddled at school we would not have so many kids with a criminal record at the age of 7.  I remember when I was in high school most teachers had the same rule.  If you are late 3 times in one 6 week period you got 3 licks.  Not a big deal.  But these days even being tardy for a class during the day, it all gets a trip to the office where they are all compiled together, and after so many you go before the judge and are charged with truancy a criminal offense which is on a record that follows you for life.  Getting a paddling in school is not on some record that follows you for life.  Having said that...I remember being late for a class 3 times in ONE week in high school.  I was lucky because he just talked to me and did tell me if I was late again he would paddle me.  I was not late again ALL year. lol  And no I was not afraid of him nor did I feel threatened by him.  He was actually one of my favorite teachers.

[freedavis]

Never.  I had a belt beating but that was the most.

[braggin]

I never got switched but I sure did get spanked several times. One time I remember in particular was when my brother and I thought it would be a real good idea to paint mustard all over my Dad's brand new blue corduroy chair. It ruined the chair altogether as my father was never able to get the stain out of it.

[patti4me]

My Grandma switched us grandkids when we misbehaved!  She had a really good "switch" bush outside her back door and she'd go out, break off a switch and switch our legs with it.  I got the raw end of that deal since I was the only girl of the 4 of us that was at her house a lot.  Back then girls didn't wear pants and certainly not jeans so my legs were really exposed to the switching.  I got a switch off my switch bush a couple of weeks ago for my youngest granddaughter;  I used it 1 time and haven't had to use it again! 

[vickysue]

I learned the switch dance early was a little sassy for a while. Picked out my own switch. smaller switch didn't hurt much. Mother never really hit us had. Never remember  blood. Just a little red mark. Now My real father was a basta*d He used a belt and or a razor strape on me,   When he ever showed up at home. For some reason he liked to beat me.  Was so glad when mom got rid of him. My stepdad never laid a hand on us. I never knew when dad was going to come in a good mood or a bad mood. Most of the time it was bad.

[vp44]

Yeah a few times and the part I hated was I had to go and get the switch. LOL Kids today have to much leniency and thus all the bad behavior. You do not have to spank a child to get them in a manner-able way. It is all about how you treat them. Just my thoughts. I treat my son with respect and like a person. He does do silly little things but when I was young so did I. I always tell him son you can't get much pass mom because I was a kid once too! He says mom you always say that and I said yes so you remember to think twice before you do something out of line, then try to lie about it.

[clickers]

Got switched by my grandmother and I had to pick the switch. My mother on the hand used the belt. I really didn't get much of any because I don't like being hit.