Okay, call that "spare the rod and spoil the child...and a growing population gap?"
This one's especially for the mothers on this forum![Wink ;) ;)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png)
How best should one go about disciplining their own child? We all know that lately there has been a significant shift away from using any kind of physical reprimand due to the awareness of child abuse. This raises the other question- I contend that the issue of physical discipline and physical abuse of a child are actually quite separate issues by large.
Despite stating that I do not wish to bring up a child, I find myself preoccupied with the topic- enough to buy and study a research anthology on Australian juvenile sociology (completely voluntarily and with my own money, to boot). Not only that, but I myself do have views about how parenting might be better carried out having experienced a marked decline in general in the maturity, respect and ability of most children in the developed world, which has serious implications for the population as a whole.
Okay, I'm broadening the question then. How best can one go about raising their own child? I refer also to broader cultural and social forces that inevitably come into play.
This one's especially for the mothers on this forum
![Wink ;) ;)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png)
How best should one go about disciplining their own child? We all know that lately there has been a significant shift away from using any kind of physical reprimand due to the awareness of child abuse. This raises the other question- I contend that the issue of physical discipline and physical abuse of a child are actually quite separate issues by large.
Despite stating that I do not wish to bring up a child, I find myself preoccupied with the topic- enough to buy and study a research anthology on Australian juvenile sociology (completely voluntarily and with my own money, to boot). Not only that, but I myself do have views about how parenting might be better carried out having experienced a marked decline in general in the maturity, respect and ability of most children in the developed world, which has serious implications for the population as a whole.
Okay, I'm broadening the question then. How best can one go about raising their own child? I refer also to broader cultural and social forces that inevitably come into play.