Were you spanked as a child?

I was always threatened with it when I acted out when I was younger. That was enough for awhile. Then I did something truly bad (destroyed my sister's birthday present from our mom) when I was 7. I got spanked once and to this day I feel it helped me to learn discipline and self control for fear of the consiqences. I don't believe in ever hitting a child for no reason, but if it'll help them to learn then let it be done. Kids don't know right from wrong, it's the parents job to show them bad things'll happen for bad things they do. If every parent did that there'd be less bad people in this world (in my opinion).
Tl;Dr Spanking your child isn't necessarily bad, if done so the child learns to cop on after repeated times when told to stop.

Yes, it's effected me positively. Mummy had to stop when she realised I was enjoying it. :)

My mum and my oldest sister should've spanked me when I was growing up. Instead, they punished me by withdrawing their affection. I knew I was the sort of shy, sensitive boy who would've responded well to good, sound spankings on my bare bottom. And since I wasn't going to get them any other way, I began secretly paddling and strapping my bare bum as a 13-year-old. Many years later, women came into my life who pulled down my pants and gave me the over-the-knee spankings I deserved.

Yeah. I don't think I deserved it though. The most memorable ones were when I lost a book in 3rd grade and my mom had to pay a fine, and then when her friend suggested I needed one even though it was totally unjustified.

Yep, never did me any harm.

I sometimes spank my 2 years old son with no reason.

Never spanked as a child, but love the spanking now. *THWACK*