[Gary L]

Originally Posted by abstract2010

Look at the facts, every generation gets worse the further away we move from traditional methods of punishment. Kids are clever and know that nothing of any serious consequence is going to happen to them, so they do what ever they like and get away with it.

Taking that away only allows some children to grow up always believing they can get away with anything and do as they please. All these people who go on about talking to their children and explaining why something is wrong talk out of their backsides, little children do not understand the differences between right and wrong and no amount of explanation is going to fix that, they are after all immature and undeveloped, once a child reaches a certain age of course they can then understand the differences between right and wrong.

A study was done not too long ago showing a part of the brain that scientists believe to be the centre where we develop morals and understanding of right and wrong. In many of the children and teenagers that had major behavioural problems that area was not active and had failed to develop at all.

Why after thousands of years of bringing up children satisfactorily have people suddenly decided that its all wrong and needs to change, and why do these people not understand its ever since we adopted this pathetic softly softly approach to criminals and wrong doing that things have fallen into anarchy.

The thing that makes me laugh is this attitude that has been adopted now that smacking children is a form of child abuse, and people who carry it out are put in the same camp as a real child abuser.

Good points