I was caned,hit with a leather strap,a ruler accross the hand,a slap for not putting my hands together for saying grace in primary school.
When I got to secondary school that continued until I refused to let anyone hit me so at 14 years old a maths teacher hit me with a blackboard rubber and I hit him and knocked him over,I had to be pulled off him,I had to have private tutoring for the rest of my school years because I was expelled.
There is so much wrong in an adult inflicting pain on a child,I had my first canning on my first day at primary school at age 5,I will never forget it,there I was waiting outside the headmaster’s office thinking wtf and he opens the door and ushers me in,”fighting in school is not allowed here boy,bend over”whack x3,and something like “that’s so you don’t forget”.
If you use corporal punishment for children you’ve already lost,it will end in resentment and rebellion and definitely never good.