I'm not one of those that say "Oh hell no..." I have seen some that have needed to be spanked....But I feel if the parents did their job the first time, they would not get to that level.....I have a 15 year old that I need to get in line once in a while and I have spanked him twice in his life. My girls are smaller....6 and 3....maybe a little swat on the butt but nothing major....Just to get their attention and teah them right and wrong.