Should corporal punishment in schools stay legal?

[Thorne]

Not only are we teaching the young that it is never their fault, but that there are never any consequences. One of the reasons they do not do well in school! Only one!

But it's a BIG one!

And I think it's more subtle than that. It's not that there are never any consequences, but that the consequences don't apply to them. They are not being taught to accept responsibility for their actions. They are being taught that it's always someone else's fault.

It's a hell of a way to raise a generation.

[DuncanONeil]

But it's a BIG one!

And I think it's more subtle than that. It's not that there are never any consequences, but that the consequences don't apply to them. They are not being taught to accept responsibility for their actions. They are being taught that it's always someone else's fault.

It's a hell of a way to raise a generation.

Not like you to miss something so obvious. "we teaching the young that it is never their fault,"

[Thorne]

Not like you to miss something so obvious. "we teaching the young that it is never their fault,"

Not "WE"! It's THEM. It's always THEM!

My own children were taught, by me, to accept responsibility for their own mistakes, and for their own triumphs.

[denuseri]

Thats what happens when you remove negative reinforcment from morality and ethics in any human system.

And by system I don't just mean just the educational one, but also the parent/child system.

[Thorne]

Thats what happens when you remove negative reinforcment from morality and ethics in any human system.

And by system I don't just mean just the educational one, but also the parent/child system.

I agree. It seems the parent/child system in this country is broken, as is the child/school system, and more so for the parent/school system. Too many parents don't want the school disciplining their child, and yet refuse to provide the discipline themselves.