If you ever got spanked or paddled.......?

I stole some money from my mom with I was very young. She beat the living **** out of me. Left marks, bruises, whelps. The beating went on for almost 10 minutes. She really beat the **** out of me. She beat the thief out of me, too. I was cured. I never got any kind of spanking, ever again. All the other kids in the neighborhood grew up thugs and thieves. Thank God for that Mama!