My mother was not against CPs (at school and at home) and she was the only one in charge with my discipline (because my father left us when I was a kid). She was a teacher and I do not know if she knew or not when I got a corporal punishment at school - during my primary & secondary school, then, in my high school only the boarders got the cane. I never got the cane at school, only the rule and the switch on the hands. However, for bad reports or misbehaviour at school, I got the belt at home, for my mother was very strict regarding my school results. I always told her whenever I was in a big mess at school before she found it and I suffered the consequences, otherwise it would have been much worse (I'd have gotten a more severe spanking or a CP doubled by other punishments. like grounding, privation of pocket money, TV, etc. 😞).