xhonzi said:

For some reason, parents as a group have lost this trust and now every little thing parents do is up for scrutiny.

they've lost that trust because too many parents decided to use their kids as punching bags to take their anger at the rest of the whole world out on. They've also tended to use hitting to punish their kids just because they disagree with them politically. I'm sure a lot of kids in the 60's were beat because they came out against the Vietnam War. Also some parents get drunk or high and then beating their kids seems like a fine idea. TO MAKE IT CLEAR, I AM NOT SAYING NOR IMPLYING THAT THE ABOVE IS TRUE FOR XHONZI OR ANY OTHER FORUM MEMBER HERE.