And does ghetto equate with PWT? Both sound derogatory.
They do to me as well, but only because the term ghetto is often misused I think. A "ghetto" is a place not a lifestyle. One could say Beverly Hills has become a ghetto, but few would understand what you were saying. PWT is a stereotype that implies poor whites are trash? I don't like the term myself.
Child abuse occurs in all races and income levels.
Sad, but true. I lived for a while in a 3rd world country comprised of mostly decendents of African slaves (98% of the population I'd guess). Child abuse was almost non-existant. Most of the population was poor, but they took darn good care of their kids. It was a very refreshing change from the old US. That was 10 years ago, so things may have changed some, but probably not much.
Who determines what discipline is?
I suppose the parent(s) has that job within the confines of local laws. Every child is different of course so I expect it would vary from family to family.
Most children need boundaries.
"Lord of the Flies" was so sad.
So you think that it warps the child to discipline them?
I sure don't think so.
The best discipline is to give them a cookie?
I wish I could have convinced my mom of that.
I took my oldest son to work a few times when he was a toddler. A co-worker of mine gave my son a piece of candy (I think, can't remember what it exactly was) and I told my boy to say thank you. My co-worker said "Oh, he doesn't have to." I said "Oh, yes he does." This was puzzling to me cuz this is the same co-worker who said to me that it's going to be tough to raise a black boy cuz they're so violent. My oldest son is a very sweet and kind young man. Oh that co-worker was white.
I had "please and thank you" so drummed into me as a kid people were going to hear it no matter what they asked me to do.
