A'AbarachAmadan
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Its lack of physical discipline that makes todays kids so bad. Not the games they may play. Its the fact that they get in trouble for cursing at their parents or beating on other kids and they get some lame 'time out' or verbal warning. In my day you got the crap beat out of you for talking back at all. Spare the thought that you would do something as dumb as curse in mom or dad's presence.
And believe me, everyone understands violence. Tell a baby no and hell eventually do it again, give him a nice spanking and hell never do it again.
The above quotes (fixed for spelling) taken from a couple different threads recently are very bothersome to me. Corporal punishment IS NOT required to raise good children, and can even be detrimental. Babies memories are so short that spanking doesnt work. I have two boys at home and NEVER use corporal punishment. There are other very effective methods (time outs, loss of toys, loss of privileges, rewards, etc.). No back-talk, cursing, hitting, etc. allowed loss of privileges, etc.. Dont clean up lose what you were playing with and no new toys for a time period. Do very well, get rewards. The list goes on.
Of course I personally believe kids should know how to fight. My oldest is in martial arts and my youngest will be when he turns four. However, my oldest understands that fighting is wrong and should only be done for practice or defense. He has a healthy respect for others that has nothing to do with how much physical power they have.