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Originally posted by RallyJon
I'm not sure where the death of perenting comes in. There have always been bad parents. There should be no nostalgia for imagined better times in the past. I grew up next to a kid whose father beat him with a belt.
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What's wrong with a belting? I got it once or twice and I sure deserved it. My folks didn't give me money for A's on my report card either. I can't imagine asking my old man what was in it for me if I did what he told me to do. He'd have said "You won't get smacked, is what's in it for you." We had corporal punishment in school too and I never got any of it because I knew I'd face far worse punishment if I brought home a form for my folks to sign, acknowledging that I had needed "paddling" by one of my teachers. Some kids really are good and will never need physical disciplining. But most do need a smack once in a while. What the hell does a "time out" or taking the Game Boy away really do to anyone?
In fact, while wrenching on a Pelicanite's car a few yrs. ago, his small kid was misbehaving in the garage. Father warned him once and the kid asked if he was going to get a time out. Father said (I love this) "That time out ***** is for school. Here you get spanked." Kid had no illusions about continuing his behavior.