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My parents always did kind of pseudo-violence when they got really angry about something. Get shouty and swing arms like they were going to hit you hard, but then just give a little tap at worst. I think this achieved any of the same positive outcomes that a genuine beating might have.
Most of my cousins were beaten with anything from shoes to brooms right through their teenage years.
All of the kids in our family were given quite a lot of responsibility at a young age. Neither of my parents spoke english, and we were very poor. There was not much point in being bratty about anything, we were mostly smart enough not to do anything moronic and we matured very quickly all by ourselves.
I think that most kids that people think might be ripe for benefitting from a beating, probably just need some responsibility.