If the present trend continues, I don’t think most of those kids will ever be anything but pleasure-loving mannjequins. It will be up to those who are being brought up as real people to see that things make sense, and none iof us need to ever think we can retire. Fortunately, I don’t want to-I’ll just keep up my little business till I die, and I’ll be perfectly happy.
My mom and grandmother both used a limber switch from a small bush or tree to discipline kids-I suppose that is considered child abuse now...
My parents used the first thing they could grab- wooden spoons, belts, hairbrushes and yes, switches.
Until the day we realized we could outrun them.