Bring back primitive parenting

Presumably "slapping" is OK when a wife is being disruptive by not having the evening meal ready on time ?

What about the strap at school? I can distinctly remember being sent to the principles office in grade 2 in 1982 whereupon he opened the bar fridge under his desk where he kept the frozen solid leather strap. 6 on each palm for singing la la la instead of do rei me in music class

It's curious the focus is on the slap. I feel the rest of the article simply tells us we need to reconnect. Family dinners and the conversations they engender should be encouraged. If these form part of the regular family dynamic, less of the bad stuff happening to and around children, sneaks under the radar.

Oh right, doing the dishes, chores on demand and fearing physical dominance by parents is the benchmark. I feel so enlightened.

Mum stayed at home. Dad got home from work at 5.30. Daycare didn't exist. This article makes it seem like choice and bending down to the child, and not the fact that you rush to pick up at 6pm from daycare and dish up whatever can be cooked in 5 mins. It's not exactly through choice.