06-07-2004, 10:08 PM
Two brothers,
Mainly same parent's, the eldest one's biological father left when he was but a toddler and the new (real) one stepped in soon after...
This was in the late 60's / early 70's and being the "flower power" era the newly wed couple decided never to use 'violence' on 'their' child...
A three or was it five year old took advantage of this and bought a pocket knife... Needless to say this was soon discovered and the first and only hiding ever may have happened...
A few years later a second son is born and was never punished physically (neither was the first born) till they went to school in SA...
The eldest rebelled to the extent that he was punished for rebelling as he couldn't see the need to physically hurt someone as punishment for minor things...
As for the youngest, I am sure that they didn't hurt him physically, but emotionally ????
Today the rebel has a decent job, a decent education, the 'kid' has failed to get a recognisable education and is working as a labourer...
So where does that leave the system ???
Mainly same parent's, the eldest one's biological father left when he was but a toddler and the new (real) one stepped in soon after...
This was in the late 60's / early 70's and being the "flower power" era the newly wed couple decided never to use 'violence' on 'their' child...
A three or was it five year old took advantage of this and bought a pocket knife... Needless to say this was soon discovered and the first and only hiding ever may have happened...
A few years later a second son is born and was never punished physically (neither was the first born) till they went to school in SA...
The eldest rebelled to the extent that he was punished for rebelling as he couldn't see the need to physically hurt someone as punishment for minor things...
As for the youngest, I am sure that they didn't hurt him physically, but emotionally ????
Today the rebel has a decent job, a decent education, the 'kid' has failed to get a recognisable education and is working as a labourer...
So where does that leave the system ???