Do kids get it too easy?

[Cosmic]

Corporal punishment for children is and always has been more common within lower classes, as opposed to middle or upper classes.

That's not quite true. Corporal punishment is actually used in greater numbers in middle class families, but it is used more frequently in lower class families. Personally, I'm against any kind of corporal punishment. #ConsciousDiscipline

I'm not sure what you mean. But I do recall reading the statistic I mentioned from a sociology book. I think it was one of Gladwell's. Possibly Freakononics.

 

[Deleted member 1609]

In other words, more families use corporal punishment in the middle class. However, the fewer lower class families who use corporal punishment tend to use it with greater frequency.

 

[Cosmic]

Ah, I see what you're saying. What sources are you drawing from? I'm not necessarily asking for a link, since I don't remember where my stats were from either, but just in general where you read it from.

 

[Deleted member 1609]

Actually, from a quick Google search, it seems that many studies do find that corporal punishment is more common in lower class families. I had read it as I posted it above somewhere, but I guess studies change. I apologize for the misinformation.

 

[SpaceWalrusFlapjacks]

Increasing immersion in technology is causing children to become disconnected with the world at increasing levels, and it's quite disturbing. However, the job market is crap, college funding was blown up because of choices made by the government in our(30-40+ years) era, and despite a large number taking to drugs, alcohol, and various illicit activities, even more that I know of are going on to graduate high school with honors- breaking their backs to do so- going on to college, and then breaking their back again to study and get excellent grades. Many of these students do go out of their way to get jobs, although some prefer to focus on studies. This is all in spite of the increasing level of technology, which does in many cases provide a benefit over harm.

Overall, the job market has changed to the point that many people need a college degree to succeed. Therefore I don't necessarily think that kids without jobs are freeloading; they're often simply more focused on studies, because without that degree, there's almost no chance of them getting a good job later in life in a field they want.

There is a large proportion of both non-students and students who do drop out and freeload or flunk out of their classes, but it's by no means the majority. These students are working just as hard as we did, just not necessarily with physical labor or early jobs. They're paying insane costs because of decisions our government made and are doomed to have giant debt over their heads for decades, and the job market doesn't adequately compensate for it, nor does the average minimum wage.