And Tam, I never attacked you, and I made it quite clear that I wasn't targetting my comments to you personally. There was no need to take things personally at all, I hope you didn't.
But I still say that giving some tools of discipline back to the school system isn't a bad thing. If you as a parent want more control over your kids, then you should fucking well put your kids in PRIVATE school. But as you (Tam) said, there ARE kids whose parents could give a shit about them, and those kids damn fucking well NEED some discipline, whether they get it from teachers or whatever, they need it for the good of the kids themselves.
Some kids actually WANT the attention that discipline brings, if anything to show that somebody actually gives a shit about them. And some kids are just plain fucking spoiled brats that need it just as bad. This line of "no one hits MY little darlings" bullshit attitude is making our society intolerable, and will continue to do so until more parents get serious about some things where their kids are concerned (like you seem to have done Tam).
It's nice to see that a few people are still on the ball where parenting is concerned, but it's the ones that AREN'T so on the ball that concern me greatly. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts about how agencies like CFS think they can tell you how to discipline your kids.
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