Parenting sure has changed

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I always love this comparison because both are totally wrong 

I am somewhere in the middle.

I was abused like a mug, it's a hard thing to climb out of. Hats off to anyone abused as a kid who controls themselves. That's real power.

I still believe in structured discipline.

Going off on me with no restraint, no control, no consistency or mercy. I will tell you 5 times about something but in the end I gotta show consequences.

Somehow got the meekest boy possible, sweet boy. He just needs a disappointed shoulder shrug-he's good.

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So the new euphamism for child abuse being promoted by people who think what they do doesn't count is "structured discipline".

It's pretty fucking chilling to see someone describe their own child with the word meek.

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i hate that there’s truly no in between with parenting . there’s either abuse or no discipline at all . i don’t think i’ve ever met a person with children with a reasonable middle ground for how to keep their children well behaved

Both are types of child abuse, but one is worse than the other (hint: don’t fucking hit your kids)

Weird that it says "parenting now" but looks like an episode of Nanny 911 from 2004.