On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No I did not say that at all. Consistent non-physical discipline works > best according to over 50 years of research. What is the worst is > inconsistent physical punishment. > OK, I understand now. > When I worked as a group home manager for juvinile delinquents and very > disturbed kid one thing that was very clear, the vast majority (we're > talking 99%) were violently physically punished, when they were disciplined > at all. What was common according to these kids was that the parents (parent > most of the time) would sometimes ignore the transgression, or beat the crap > of the kid, ususally till the blood would flow. That is if the parent or > their most recent parter was sober enough to hit the kid. Come to think of > it there was only one kid who did not fit that pattern, and he was a > psychotic sociopath as far as I was concerned. > So sad. Some of these kids might recover, with therapy, but I'm guessing that many of them won't....and thats just among the kids who are at least trying to get help, how many more thousands aren't getting help at all. These are your future criminals. Just about every social ill in our country stems from the breakdown of the family, and most specifically, abusive, absent, or inattentive parenting. -- My word's but a whisper Your deafness, a shout ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255166 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
