Spanking? Well, it does work sometimes. But when you are 16, getting spanked is inappropriate... I was spanked when I was 14. Now come to think of it, it is fair because what I did back then is wrong. Underaged smoking. I very well deserved it but if say a mother spanked for coming home late at a aged of 16 and above is really not such a good idea. I know a number of mothers who spank for coming home late. But don't you think they need their freedom? When a teenager can't spread their wings, they feel they are a prisoner of life.