You’re a nanny and a babysitter. Sorry, but giving an example of “don’t punish a child if he fell and got hurt and starts to cry” has nothing to do with dealing with discipline issues of real kids.

My father was a hitter, and while I consciously avoid hitting, I do remember being scared to death of doing anything wrong to my dad. I think that the idea that parents should be all-kind and all-benevolent may be the current philosophy, but I don’t know if it’s making better people. Sometimes you need a parent, not a…

This article sucked. I don’t believe in spanking or anything, but this whole parenting is so precious is getting me annoyed. A kid needs to be told no, and sometimes, they need to be punished.

There are times when you need to give the child an alarming NEGATIVE reinforcer to avoid stupid things that will get them killed. If your kid runs up to the street and you catch them in time, a big slap on the hand will shock them into realizing it was bad. They cry, they may tantrum, but for a young child, you can’t…

I recently read something that proved that The Stanford Prison Experiment actually wasn’t as bad as urban legend says, and that the guards thought they had to play a particular part.

I can’t see the embedded video. What is it?

There’s no such thing in Los Angeles, and the rentpocalypse is strong here. Many economists agree that to abolish it would change nothing but enrich landlords.

So you’re suggesting this man be institutionalized for life?

Hey, you know what might work? Let’s give everyone guns, and then guys might think twice before they hurt someone! What could go wrong?

This case makes me so happy there are women that are Supreme Court Justices. There should be an equal measure, because without them, they would have lost this case. Damn you Scalia, Kennedy, Rehnquist, and Thomas.

It scares me to think what these belt-hitting boys do when they get old enough to be outside a school’s observant eye.

It’s not a popular opinion around here, but same sex schools - to me - are the way to go. My kids go to a very religious Jewish school, with a strict dress code (for boys too! No shorts allowed, no short sleeves) and respect for women is drilled relentlessly.

This is why I love commenters. Off to google.

My friend was getting her breasts examined by the Gyno, and he said, “Great boots.” My friend heard “boobs”. Much hilarity ensued.

If I were president, I’d do all kinds of risky crap like jump out of airplanes and go big-wave surfing and eat expired hot dogs. And any time my advisors pleaded for me to be more cautious, I would scream at them, NO. I MUST BE STRONG FOR THE PEOPLE! This is how I will earn their adoration and then pass my global…

Wow. This comment led me down this rabbit’s trail:

No one knew how to short them until Christian Bale’s character basically invented swaps and sold them to banks. And the only reason why they even let him in the door is because he had billions at his disposal.

See, everyone understands the whole “housing prices were too high”, but no one really understand the logical train of events: Interest rates were reduced, and why that happened and what happened next. Also, the moment when Steve Carrell and the CDO manager have that conversation at dinner brought a whole new gravitas…

I’m googling now, and everyone says you can take advil while breastfeeding.

I want to take my 8 year old on this when it opens, but I’m scared he’ll be too short.