[–] Doomking_Grimlock ago
I wasn't a bad kid. Little unruly, but I never had any desire to hurt people or destroy things that didn't have it coming. Plus, my dad was a blacksmith, it was his hobby. He'd been doing it for years by the time I was born. Working an anvil and forge will give you powerful arms and big, strong hands, but also a surprising degree of control. He never spanked any harder than he had to to get the point across. I think I remember him mentioning that his dad had always used switches, belts, and paddles, and didn't have much in the way of self control when it came to punishment. I can understand dad's reasoning, and once I grew past the point of needing spankings, I never really grudged him for it.