Smiles at heycarrieanne.
I had good Catholic parents too. I'm pretty sure it's part of my submissive persona too. That and the book shelf next to my bedroom door that held some of dad’s S&M books. Giggle.
We spanked and I'm very happy with how our kids turned out but we always made them vocalize why they were being punished and then after held them and told them we loved them. We also had a cut off age for spanking. I really believe that if you don't have the child trained by 10 you might as well forget it.