[–] revofire 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Surely, I agree that another method might be better than the more expensive one as you cited with the vendor.
But this is NOT a daydream. The parents intensely influence their children. I guarantee it. Others influence but they will learn the lessons and realize that their true leaders (the parents) were right and they will be infinitely stronger than those with parents who did not fight for their children or themselves.
You must correct the behavior of your children, but do not let the pain and hatred come from you. There are MANY MANY ways to teach a lesson, you can control the situation to make it such that they learn it anyway without having the hit them.
When you understand that simple truth: we have options... then you will understand why it is fundamentally worse to resort to violence.