Great post, Jewbacca.
I think the increasing problem with “spanking” these days is that some of the ‘parents’ doing the spanking are NOT mature enough to be CORRECTING their kids - rather, they’re smacking the kids out of their own displeasure and frustration.
I STILL believe the Bible is right: “Spare the rod and spoil the child.”
But you said it well - last resort and never in anger. Make the POINT to the child.
There’s a lot of information recently compiled on the biblical difference between “correction” and “punishment”.
Correction is done out of love with the purpose of redirecting the child to better choices.
Punishment is done to meet out “justice” out of your own sense of wrath (and that’s wrong).