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Originally Posted by IvyRose
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!
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Yes Exactly!
One of the great uses for Myspace among adolescents is to compare notes: How did parents react? What were the legal consequences? How do you report "Abuse?" What symptoms do you need to recreate to get on "Drug X", or "Tablet Y?"
Sure there is real abuse; and it should be stopped with all means available. However these "juveniles" are becomming sophisticated at a rate that parents simply cannot imagine. Parents need to begin to be VERY watchful in the 5th grade (minimum).