>>20075672I guess they just adapt to the times. Kids nowadays care a lot about their image in public and on the internet, so making them expose themselves to ridicule for their misdeeds is something they're going to remember.
Seeing how the internet exalts victimisation, it might even be better than corporeal punishment, since a child which was slapped would probably be told how cruel its parents are and now it didn't deserve it by do-gooders everywhere, which would be counterproductive.
