Holy shit, you guys need to work something out in your family. I've never been grounded for over a night, or beaten at all. My parents are super liberal, and don't believe in hitting, or really grounding at all. My parents will most likely just scream (not even, just talk loudly) at me, and then apologize, and I have to tell them that I understand what I did wrong, etc. Dayum.
Also, relating to Gradeger's egging or whatever; Me and my friends thought it would be funny to wrap my teacher's house. Our parents, and us, both hated the teacher, so we got a good chuckle.