Posted By: Kids! on 2007-12-07
In Reply to: All spanking does is make kids respect you to your face (sm) - just creates sneaky kids NCMT

but I have now a 40+ and a 30+ each and both are doing extremely well, always respectful, kind, considerate. Maybe just a swat (as you call it) was just that, like a little pat so I can understand the way you are thinking.

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