If you've ever read LORD OF THE FLIES, you'll immediately recognize what I mean by that syndrome. This is what our society nowadays suffers from epidemically. And it's only getting worse. LOTFS' etiology is the massive application for 42 years of several fallacious doctrines: denial of absolutes; "I'm OK/You're OK;" self-esteemism; demonisation of even moderate corporal punishment.
It is criminal to criminalize spanking. No, spanking shouldn't constitute the sole means of disciplining; nor should it serve as a way of venting one's anger. But applied selectively and circumspectly, it achieves what no amount of verbal persuasion or scolding can: it gets THRU the thick skull of the misbehaving youngster. For some inexplicable reason, there are times when the earways simply don't succeed in getting the message across the way skin contact does.
Even a mother bear can attest to that.
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It's the parents who need a spanking and discipline first, though--their problem is in not having enough spine to do a tough job--BE THE BOSS.
Children need that from the people raising them.[ROLLEYES]
But just like marriage, it takes huge amounts of daily work: and just like too many spouses don't want to be bothered, too many "parents" don't want to, either.