[SmithL]

Susan Lawrence founded Stop the Rod after she found one advertised in Home School Digest.

[Aquinasfan]

"Can you imagine Jesus teaching to use the Rod?"

Uh... yeah? Although spanking works fine for us.

[SuziQ]

I've never liked the idea of using anything but your own hand if you're spanking your child. You need to know just how hard you're hitting. An inanimate object won't do that.

When our kids were little, they never needed more than a swat or two on the upper part of the leg to 'break the pattern' and get their attention. Sir SuziQ swatted them on the fanny, but that usually just lifted them off the ground because it was so padded!

There's no need to hit a child repeatedly; they'll have your attention immediately, assuming you're not spanking for every little thing and it becomes useless because it's overused.