I just spent the better part of a week with my oldest brother and some extended family. We had great stories to tell about our misadventures and the punishment received for said misadventures. Almost to a person we all agreed that the occasional belt across the ass or hand to the back of the head was pretty damned effective in teaching us both right from wrong and was a pretty fair consequence for our various transgressions. We also took the opportunity to use those stories to tell the next generation (our kids) how good they have it or had it.