My moms beat me and I didn't turn out fine. I turned out with suppressed anger issues. Disdain towards authority because of discipline trauma... but no criminal record. Just a proclivity to not get caught for things other upstanding citizens would. So beatings, whoopings and spankings just taught me how to avoid getting caught for doing fukked up things. I guess that's a good lesson in retrospect...but I don't feel compelled to continue that cycle with my children. Just gonna outsmart them, not beat them till they bleed and resent me. And i still love my moms. My pops just waited to discipline me until I was old enough to take a punch to the chest.