Were you punished a lot as a child?

Grounded? Spanked? Privileges taken away? No dinner?

What type of punishment did your parents typically choose, and how often was it doled out? In retrospect were you a good kid and your parents gave punishment for every little thing? Out of control kid? Do the punishments seem in line with the crimes?

I was very rarely punished. But, I behaved. I was a good, easy going child overall. My parents typically scolded me verbally if I was doing something they didn’t like, but it wasn’t really punishment, or they explained to me why what I was doing was not a good idea. There were only a few instances when I had my TV priveleges taken away when I was little. As a teen I was grounded once because I told a huge lie and was caught.

I know people who were spanked 2 or three times a week. Others who were grounded every other week. All that sounds so excessive to me.