Strange form of discipline

[fruitloop]

You know, everyone has their own way of disciplining their children. This imo this is not abusive. Hell, they have to do this in the military. Yes, these are children and not adults but what you described is not harmful to the child. Maybe the parents are from a military background. You can't be constantly sticking your nose in how people raise their kids because everyone is different. This is the second or third thread about "tattling" on a parents style of discipline in less than a week. Seriously...I know it's our job/nature to protect children from harm but come on! These parents are not beating their children, they are PARENTING their children and everyone parents differently. Just because we work with children everyday does not give us a licence to interfere in how other people parent their children. Yes, people who don't parent their children at all and would rather be their "friend" effect us in our business but it doesn't give us a right to interfere in how they're doing it. If they want to create a spoiled little brat, let them. If a parent wants to create a child with respect, morals, manners, etc. ...let them! We are always so critical towards other parents and I personally am trying to change that in myself because quite frankly...it does nothing to improve anything.

As long as the children aren't TRUELY being abused, it's none of our business how they are being disciplined.


Edited to add:

I apologise if I offended anyone but I'm a no BS no sugar coating kind of person and reading so many posts on this lately is starting to irritate me. A lot of people spank their children, myself included, when they feel it is deemed necessary, some people make their kids stand in a corner, some people decide to "talk it out" with their kids, some people make them hold books in the air for 3 minutes and do calisthenics (which is good for everyone to do actually)...everyone is different!

Why is no one jumping to "talk to the parent" who does nothing to correct a bad behaviour? Couldn't that be considered a form of abuse too...to not teach your child how to be a descent human being with morals, respect, manners, compassion, etc.?