I copped 2 massive hidings when I was a kid. One for tipping my baby sister out of her bouncer when I was 4, the other for "accidentally" punching her in the face when I was 10. The second bruised my arse that badly I couldn't sit down for a couple of days. Both those hidings were with my dad's hand. My parents did occasionally use the wooden spoon, but never a belt or cord. It angers me when people think of this as child abuse. Dad probably went overboard with the two hidings mentioned, but bloody hell, if he was really abusing me, it would have been more than twice in 10 years.
