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Originally Posted by 98_Camaro
My guess is that there simply aren't enough parents willing to punish their children anymore. In today's society, we have parents who let their children get away with just about everything shy of murder without any sort of negative repercussion.
Simple learning (in the psychological sense of the word) tells us that unless a behavior is responded to in a negative way (i.e. introducing negative stimuli/removing positive stimuli), the behavior will not be diminished. Now, I'm not saying parents need to beat their kids senseless (that's on a whole other level of wrong), but the lack of punishment is becoming detrimental to our society as a whole. I know that, personally, I'm as morally-oriented as I am because I was punished for my negative behavior.
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All good points.
Today's society seems to be getting all touchy-feely, and we're attempting to achieve good behavior through reward for good things, versus punishment and consequences for bad. There is evidence to support both methods, but NOWHERE have I read that it is effective to use either school of thought by itself...unfortunately, we are a society of extremes, and we never seem to find that "happy balance"...
