Child Discipline in the 60"s V 07

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DIFFERENCE IN CHILD DISCIPLINE IN 1960 v 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,

 

arrest Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both

 

expelled from school even though Johnny started it.

 

 

 

 

 

Scenario: Jeffrey won't stay still in

 

class, disrupts other students.

 

 

 

 

 

1960 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a

 

smack on the bum by Principal. After a very short time, 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 thumping.

 

 

 

1960 - Billy is more careful next time,

 

grows up normal, goes to uni, and becomes a successful and

 

responsible citizen.

 

 

 

 

 

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 "Of course, you

 

remember being abused" and their Dad goes to prison. Billy's

 

mum has affair with psychologist.

 

 

 

 

 

Scenario: Mary is pregnant.

 

 

 

1960 - five high school boys leave town.

 

Mary does her final year at a special school for expectant

 

mothers.

 

 

 

2006 - School counsellor contacts Planned

 

Parenthood. Mary gets an abortion. Mary given condoms and

 

told to be more careful next time, and also kids don't need

 

fathers, anyway.

 

 

 

 

 

Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover

 

firecrackers from cracker night, puts them in a bottle,

 

blows up a red ant hill.

 

 

 

 

 

1960- Ants die.

 

 

 

2006 - Fire brigade and police called.

 

Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, 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 three years in prison.