I'm not a parent but I have had experiences that suggest that parents take it an offense to be told by total strangers how to raise their kids.

For example, if your child keeps pushing people while playing, take the toy away for now and tell them why.

To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. Still, we want any discipline we use to be effective long-term–and we certainly don’t want it to be harmful. It was so inspiring and the music was so beautiful that Disney decided to use it at the beginning of all Disney movies.

I'm glad we agree that some parents will do it but be too ashamed to admit it: that supports my argument that it's not socially acceptable here.

While some may find this extreme by today's standards, my parents and grandparents enacted the same kind of discipline onto me with a leather belt.

He is a psychologist, a licensed clinical social worker, and the author of 7 Traits of Effective Parenting.Maybe she is scolding, maybe she thinks she is being helpful, maybe she is expressing frustration that a younger generation does not share her beliefs or that her hard-earned understanding of how to mother is out of vogue. You can be completely in the wrong, totally screw up, be smacked across the rear for it, and still be loved by your parents. We also have the added responsibility of taking care of and parenting our kids in the best manner possible. Before you know it, they’ll be out of the house and on their own and your parenting actions can either make them amazing, or less amazing. Parents who are really good at providing choices have children who are more compliant and good at making decisions!