Reply To: Children and Prizes–Hindering Intrinsic Self Worth

to all you old timers out there bemoaning the state of the world today…GET OVER THE OLD DAYS!!! in the old days you could buy the pyramids for a dime…in the old days there was nothing wrong with taking a paddle to a child…in the old times, you didn’t have fast food…in the old times you had harder ways for doing easier things…WE UNDERSTAND!!! however, these days a dime gets you northing…these days most gedolim say that hitting kids is extremely counter productive…these days getting ready for shabbos involves spending 10 minutes in a meal mart…these days we have washing machines…THESE DAYS KIDS NEED MORE POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT! its as simple as that. times change. what may have worked for you a millennium ago, no longer works. gnash your gums in anger all you want…but times change. get over it.