Unfortunately I was hit with belts, studded belts, and the switch, growing up. At a house we lived in, there was elevated tile in the foyer that had a "step" that descended to the carpet floor in the living room. I'd be forced to put my knees up on the tile with my feet back on the carpet and lean forward putting significant pressure on my knees, for upwards of 2 hours sometimes.
One thing I learned is that beating a kid doesn't really teach them anything. It never changed me being a little ####, what happened is I just wound up having knee problems and extreme back sensitivity as I got older.
That's why the worst I do is spank my children with my hand, worst case scenario, for utter disobedience, or when a lesson isn't being learned by any other means. Given how utterly useless belts, studded belts, and switches were in changing that behaviour, it's really something that I find pointless to use. Never once used them (on my kids), never will.
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