DIFFERENCE IN CHILD DISCIPLINE IN 1960 vs. 2006
Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1960 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up
best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.
2006 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge
them with assault, both expelled from school even though Johnny started
it.
Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.
1960 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal.
Sits still in class.
2006 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School
gets extra money because Jeffrey has a disability.
Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father's car and his Dad gives him
a whipping.
1960 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college,
and becomes a successful businessman.
2006 - Billy's Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster
care and joins a gang. Billy's sister is told by psychologist that she
remembers being abused herself and their Dad goes to prison. Billy's mom
has affair with psychologist.
Scenario: Mary is pregnant.
1960 - 5 High School Boys leave town. Mary does her Grade 12 year at a
special school for expectant mothers.
2006 - School Counselor calls Planned Parenthood. Mary is driven to the
next province and gets an abortion without her parents' consent or
knowledge. Mary given condoms and told to be more careful next time.
Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from Halloween, puts
them in a bottle, blows up a red ant hill.
1960- Ants die.
2006 - Fire Department and RCMP called. Johnny charged with domestic
terrorism, Provincial Government investigates parents, siblings removed
from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch
list.
Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee.
He is found crying by his teacher Mary who hugs him to comfort him.
1960 - In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2006 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She
faces 3 years in prison.