ROFL, that I didn't think of this first
Having said that when I were a nipper you stepped out of line and it was off with the bollocks and out with the thumbscrews, you knew your place and that was that. Yes it was a bit nasty at the time, there may well have been the odd scar if you really deserved it, but you could leave your back door open at night and they were always good to their mothers.