My dad always used a belt & my mom a fly swatter. My mom was more of an impulsive spanker...whenever my sister or I did something wrong she'd grab us & the fly swatter & let us have it. My dad was the scary thinker. He would send us to our rooms & let us think about what we did wrong while he would think of an appropriate amount of spankings we were to receive. Then, right after we took our baths before bed (it was awful 'cause your behind is more tender after a warm bath!), we would put on our PJ's & he would come in & we would discuss what we did wrong & he would suggest the number of times he'd spank us with the belt. That is usually where we would try to talk him down & settle on a lower number of spankings. I got most of my great debate tactics from those conversations.
