[Delta Dawn]

some teachers had paddles

When I went to school, it was the vice-principle's job to administer the paddlings. And he did... In the 8th grade, a student made the music teacher mad one day. The teacher grabbed out this wooden paddle and called the student up to the front of the room. The student dutifully bent over the teacher's desk. POW! The first swat...POW! The second swat and the paddle broke apart into a million pieces. Needless to say the entire class broke out laughing. If the Peterson episode had occurred in the 60's, no one would have said a word as it was nobody's business how a parent disciplined their child. I guess things are different under socialism...

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Why stop at the 60’s? Prior to that men could beat their wives and the police didn’t do anything - was that a better system?