Discipline is Love
"This is going to sound kind of odd, but I've been feeling this intense, emotional connection towards you ever since I started spanking you. I mean, it's not that there wasn't a connection before the spankings, it's just that there's MORE of a connection now than there ever was before.
"It's almost as if this new ability to correct your behavior so childishly has revealed this inner, maternal instinct within me. Like, I have this strange urge to protect you at all costs now. I guess what I'm really trying to say is that I love you So much, and I feel so privileged to be able to spank you and care for you. You truly are my special, yet occasionally bratty little man. And I wouldn't trade you for the world." by SORESIX
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Not word for word, but my stepmum literally said this exact thing and it was certainly true that our relationship was 100% closer than before. Also, while she was more demanding, she was also more protective and supportive.
Still, there were times when she absolutely ROASTED my butt for any one of a number of reasons.