Title: Today's social standards or differences shock me

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I see and read things that go against my basic core of STANDARDS. I have read things in the paper/news on the net that shock my mind. I just read that a man was jailed for spanking his son. In my life time children were ‘whipped’ instead of spanked (I think it meant the same thing). My parents would say, “Keep that up and you will get a whipping.” I know some parents  have gone too far. Many corporal punishments left marks. There were red stripes on my legs from mama’s keen switch from the hedge. I had to go get the switch.  I was paddled in school a couple times (of course I did not deserve it! ;-) ). Those times I also received a couple whacks at home to say 'amen' to my teacher and principal’s wise judgement.

I was raised hearing, ‘Spare the rod and spoil the child’. Solomon said it several ways, but he said it this way once: “Foolishness is in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction drives it far from him.” Of course Solomon did not know about ‘time-outs’ or taking away the TV or phones.

Right or wrong, I used the rod of correction on my sons at times. Today I would be a criminal. YES, I know there are other ways to correct and punish, but the government should not decide the method of punishment. Forgive me if I offend you, Dad and mom were the best. In religious terms they were kind, honest and Godly. When I was punished, I KNEW I had intentionally did something they had told me not to do.

If you do not know that many of today's children are out of control, you have not been to a store lately. I have witnessed kids scream and scream because they did not get their way. I have seen on the floor temper tantrums or throwing food in a restaurant with a scream. Many times the parent or guardian doesn’t seem to even notice. If they are using a timeout method, IT AIN'T WORKING!

I searched for tantrums in stores and watched videos that were hard to believe. In one a kid took the coffee pot in a 7/11 store pored the coffee on the floor and then threw the pot down and smashed it. This is crazy!

I do not know the answer, but I know something is WRONG!

Nite Shipslog

PS: From 'Parent Magazine' how to stop tantrums Fast!   None seemed fast to me.
This was #7...
Don't give in to demands. Public tantrums cause some parents to give in simply to reduce embarrassment, but this response will only serve to ensure that your child will repeat the tantrum the next time you're out. Ignore what others may say or think in such cases, and focus on your child. As calmly as possible, state your rule and get on with business: "You will not get what you want by crying and kicking. When you calm down, we can talk about it."

That in red should have been done long before entering the store.  And I might be weird, but I have always sorta cared what people thought of me.
I have witnessed that in blue, and I have never known it to work. How can you state your rules through SCREAMS?