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Just read an analysis:

"Sixty-five percent of Americans approve of spanking children, a rate that has been steady since 1990. But just 26 percent say grade-school teachers should be allowed to spank kids at school; 72 percent say it shouldn't be permitted, including eight in 10 parents of grade-schoolers.

Indeed, even among adults who spank their own child, 67 percent say grade-school teachers should not be permitted to spank children at school. "

What do you think? A spanking done by a stranger always sounded very weird for me.

I am curious what is your opinion on this.
In my house we were all spanked, by a mum, but quite differently based on gender. Brother had been spanked more and harder in the younger age, but his spankings stopped when he was 12. My sister and I had been spanked until 16. The spankings were rare as they were the last resort punishment.

When my brother did something really wrong at eg. 15, he had been grounded for a week without a phone. When I did the same thing, my mum spanked me with a leather belt.

I do not feel abused since grounding would be a much worse punishment for me... but I am curious why my mum thinks that spankings don't work for older boys but do for older girls.