[IvyRose]

I agree with all of the above. I'd just like to add that the "Time Out" Generation has attitude and behavior problems. Their parents tried to break the "Chain Of Abuse" by not using certain discipline techniques that were common in the past. Even raising your voice to your children now is not considered an accepted form of discipline.

You add to that the huge misdiagnosis of hyper activity due to some other cause besides what a child eats as well as ADHD and others. Some children are on as many medications as the adults are now. In my opinion, medication is delt out way before any other type of modification is tried. (It depends on the child, of course.)

Children like discipline. It makes them feel loved. They know someone is trying to make them a better person. The amount of discipline should be modified for each child's personality and psyche, not just painted with a broad brush stroke in the name of Anti-Child Abuse.

It's typical for a society to over correct a problem that has happened in the past. Children have more rights than adults do now. Some know that and use it to their advantage because what's going to happen if I get caught doing x, y, or z? They get to stand in a corner for 5 minutes, whoop-iee!