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There is a fantasy theory that you can just only explain to them why something is bad, and they’ll understand and stop to do it by themselves. In contrast to past generations that are painted as caricatures that only had rules with harsh punishment, never talking and explaining. Looks obviously extremely appealing on paper, at least a generation of "modern" parents fell into the trap and are struggling with teens and young adults highly insecure and non adapted to the adult world.


Worked for me. I now have a secure young adult who's as well adapted as anybody I've seen.

Come to think of it, I never got punished much as a kid myself, unless you count lectures. Did OK.

Sorry about your cycle of authoritarianism there.




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