Do most parents like to laugh at handing out punishment to their children?
Wouldn't you rather take pleasure in NOT having to do so?
Most parents, in my experience, instead get all huffy about their kids disobeying, and take it personally. I don't -- I believe it is natural for an intelligent, willful human child to challenge authority. And I think it's funny when they learn a lesson the hard way. As long as they don't get seriously injured, which this guy was not.
Wouldn't you rather take pleasure in NOT having to do so?
Boy, you must not have kids.
This is how you make sure you don't have to. By punishing them.
All kids need to be disciplined from time to time. When I have to, I *try* to do it with love and humor.