I have been saying this for years, we created the problem. I call in the Sippy Cup Syndrome, when we started taking away responsibility, accountability and baby proofing their life, taking them to school because you are afraid they might be abducted. They were told not to talk with strangers and nobody could touch them, no longer were the neighbor parents allowed to step in, then ultimately teachers. We took away timber and bare steel play-sets so now you need a safety label to know if something might be hazardous. The positive reinforcement might work for your dog but not kids, in real life not everybody is a winner. Nobody wants to be the bad parent, no chores, buy the kid everything, nothing earned...
There is one of human kinds biggest problems... Age is not a factor in it either.
Wow did our Dads know each other?
Probably the most valuable thing I ever learned... and I readily share it with the few who will listen.
In my case it was a wooden cook spoon that kept me on the straight and narrow.
My father's hand seemed to be made of stone. In his day, his grandmother made him break a switch off of the ROSE BUSH to be beat with. If it wasnt good enough she would break off the biggest one she could find. Long story short, he just didn't screw up because it meant death.
Wooden hair brush in my family. Mom didn’t bother with the “wait till your dad gets home” line.
