Letters to the Editor
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Y'all don't look so "just fine" to me....
I find the tone of much of this letters thread quite bizarre. I'm the parent of a toddler myself, so I can certainly understand the concept of anger and frustration. Most parents are capable of lashing out at their kids from time to time, and I don't think it causes any lasting harm. But there seems to be a belief by many people here that this lashing out is actually an effective parenting technique that needs to be employed much more frequently by everybody, and furthermore that all the kids who are misbehaving now are doing so as a result of insufficient insulting by adults.
In response to all the "my parents were insulting jerks and I turned out just fine" comments... yeah, apart from a tendecny to write spittle-flecked, angry rants at liberals, women, other parents, and society at large, you're doing just great. Your parents really toughened you up nicely.