[Bigg Red]

Reintroduce corporol punishment in schools.

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I am afraid that is much too simplistic. In your grandmother’s day, the parents would have backed up the paddle-wielding teacher. Today, 99% of the time, the parents of the delinquents approve of such horrid behavior in their offspring and would probably take a swing at the teacher themselves.

The problem starts in the home, and many parents — at all income levels — do not take the time to properly socialize their children.

[Das Outsider]

The problem starts in the home, and many parents — at all income levels — do not take the time to properly socialize their children.

And where does primary socialization take place? Why, the home of course, as you've rightly said.

Reintroducing corporal punishment in government schools doesn't sit well with me, if only for the fact that I've had the pleasure--sarcasm, of course--of meeting some rather unsavory characters currently employed in K-12 government schools. I'd rather parents rely less on a managerial state institution to raise their children and more on establishing solid core principles by which the kids can resist all of the ills that come with so many government run schools, should the parents not be able to afford homeschooling or private education.