Spanking

Tonight, I was at my wits end with my 8yr old daughter. She screamed as loud as she could with several warnings to stop,she threw clean clothes all over the floor and she slammed a door so hard that a beautiful picture frame fell off the wall and broke. Every time I asked her to do anything (eat dinner,clean up,homework) she pitched a fit,screamed and cried. Literally went on the whole evening until bed. In bed she refuses to give me her tablet and literally tries fighting me when I go grab it. I lost it and spanked her about 3 times on her thigh...She actually laughed and said it didn't hurt,then started to cry and cried herself to sleep.Now I lay in bed replaying my actions feeling bad for spanking her ! Literally nothing was getting through to her today. She got grounded,she got sent to her room,no TV and no sweets after dinner...Was a spanking justified at this point?

***Thank You*** everyone for your input. After waking up this morning and having my daughter apologize to me without being told too just validates my decision to spank her. She said "Momma,sorry for being mean yesterday,I love you" Melted my heart. We then sat down and had a long talk. This isn't her first spanking and she knows that if she continues a poor attitude through out the day it will result in a spanking. Do I think it's abuse? He'll No...I think it's abusive to let a child think he or she can get away with disrespecting anyone,let alone their parents.For those of you who don't agree move alone and don't be rude. Some kids (like my daughter) don't learn the easy way with just grounding and time outs. I'm not a lazy parent,I'm not an abusive parent. I'm a parent who disciplines and won't allow my child to grow up and become society's problems. For all you "perfect" Moms who have "perfect" children,shut up ...,you're all the reasons why this next generation is going to be shitty,whiney adults 😘