IDK, I am famous in my family for giving my son 4 good whacks at church one day.
I went into the backyard to work on the pool. My wife was keeping the staff kids for an early morning staff meeting so she went on in early. My 6-7-year-old son watched me change into my suit as I went to work on the pool. He was on the couch. He must have been about half asleep. He kind of came to himself and even though the pool door was still open he decided his mom and I had left him at the house and went on to church. He got himself dressed, got his bible, and got the hungover as hell neighbor from across the street to take him to church. His wife was out of town and he thru the wildest party we have seen here in the neighborhood in 30 years or more. They left my backdoor open, the garage door up, and my truck in the driveway. How both of them didn't notice my truck IDK. I came into the house, could not find my son, found the backdoor open, and garage door open, and guessed he had been kidnapped or had walked out of the house. I tore up and down every street in the neighborhood doing 90+ looking for him. I called my wife and daughter innumerable times and neither one would answer the phone. Two women with phones permanently glued in their hands. You never see one without a phone in their hands, EVER. At this point, I HAD TOTALLY FREAKED. TTTOOOTTTAAALLLLLLYYYY FREAKED. I was likely seriously close to a heart attack. I was dialing the Decatur Police Dept when a strange number dialed my phone. I answered truly expecting it to be a kidnapper who was likely sexually abusing my son. Instead, it was a lady from the church calling me to tell me that Ethan had arrived with a strange man driving him up to the church. I figured out what had happened at that point.
I went to the church, after having THE WORST ******* DAY OF MY LIFE, I didn't calm down till late in the afternoon. I found my son and discussed it with him and took him into the bathroom and circle-beat him with four sound whacks across his ass. It was so loud that every child and teacher in the children's building heard it. My son has been in trouble only one other day in his life. He finished school with a 4.16 and ranked 11th in his class. He got a full scholarship to JSU and will graduate in 3 weeks or so with 3.96? GPA and on the President's List.
So, circle beating is sometimes warranted and can be very successful in correcting behavior.