or spanked, you would've continued that behavior? no other method of correction would have made you realize you shouldn't do those things?

I'm the opposite. I got spanked for shit I did too. guess what. I did more shit. some of the same shit or some new shit. lol

I have/had a criminal record as a juvie. on the flip side, lots of folks without records were still out doing dirt and didn't get caught. the prolly got spanked too.

there's no straight line to parenting, but there's no evidence that proves it spanking is the way to go.