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CestManan · 46-50, F
I doubt any generation is any worse than the others, it's just that people get older and desensitized and forget what it was like being young.
Purplerain78 · 41-45, F
@CestManan Previous generations were alot different than today. Today is far different. Discipline was very much the norm. Whereas now it's considered abusive, and in fact it probably is. Today we have the internet, information at your fingertips. Everyone is self diagnosing themselves now. Previous generations you went to the Dr. What you didn't know, didn't hurt you so to speak!
CestManan · 46-50, F
@Purplerain78 I think every generation tends to exaggerate how harshly it was disciplined. I hear people my age talking about how they respected their parents and how they worked for what they wanted and paid attention in school and I know that that is a load of BS because I was there.
Purplerain78 · 41-45, F
@CestManan Your the same generation as me. Obviously it wasn't the same for everyone but parents did discipline, many did. My father was strict. He smacked. My mum used a wooden spoon to discipline us. If we didn't respect our parents we knew what was coming. Maybe you were one of the lucky ones. Oh and no I'm not exaggerating
CestManan · 46-50, F
@Purplerain78 mostly when I screwed up I just had to listen to my dad drone on for what seemed like hours about stupid crap. I would rather have just got whooped and got it over with instead of listening to a bunch of BS
Purplerain78 · 41-45, F
@CestManan Not sure you would do if you got smacked for just being a kid, messing about. It was daily. Bit of noise, me and my siblings being siblings. We'd each get a smack. It hurt, and was soul destroying.