The Almighty Hanger

My parents are believers of the principle of spanking, specially my dad who grew up with courage, integrity and loyalty embedded on his genes. Hangers, belt buckles, walis and long sticks were some of my worst enemies back then, each having their own degree of ouch scale ranging from not-so-painful to hanger imprint on thighs. I wasn't so much of a badly behaved child but rather troublesome and irritating. I have a younger sister and we almost always end up fighting no matter how peacefully we started playing. We tried just about every way to annoy one another. We shout, pull one's hair, scratch, jab and kick each other's butt and when mom or dad caught us in the act we suffer double, it doesn't matter if we lie face down on bed or stand, we'll end up with belt buckle or hanger imprints on our thighs, at times on our forearms (when we try to protect our precious thighs). Besides from things my sister and I did, we also got a good spanking for not obeying some of our parents' asking and playing before studying. Although we get high grades in school it wasn't enough for our parents to let us do our child duties first before studying. They believe that study habits should be molded while one is young, so they wasted no time instilling discipline and focus regarding academics. Well their unwavering efforts payed off, not only did my sister and i excel in academics but we participated in extra-curricular, as well and never veered off course, smoke and drug-free even in college.

I remember there was a time when I really got angry with my dad. He got mad at me for not following mom's request, he had no idea that I was in my room finishing a story I'm working for about a week. He thought I was falling deaf on my mother's request. I didn't had a chance to redeem myself, afraid it will only make dad angrier. I never told him about the story till midnight when we were having our snack and I showed him the papers. One look and I knew he was sorry for what he did earlier. Spanking helps but not all the time.

Although I'm against my parents' belief, I don't condone the idea of spanking. I got spank and I grew up to be a responsible and disciplined person.