[WesternCulture]

In most countries, it would be considered an offence to treat an employee, your wife or even your dog like this.

IMO, this evidently is a case of child abuse.

Over here in Scandinavia, physical violence is not seen as a constructive way of dealing with disobedient children. Perhaps we are overly politically correct and so on, but have a look at the end result; 95% of all Nordic youth are well mannered, well educated, abide the law and will end up as productive citizens sooner than members of biker gangs, drug mafias or Al-Qaeda.

[miss marmelstein]

Well, uh, there was ONE Norwegian who got a little out of control recently...

[rockinqsranch]

“.....Nordic youth are well mannered, well educated, abide the law and will end up as productive citizens sooner than members of biker gangs, drug mafias or Al-Qaeda.”

Ever heard the old cliche about Apples, and Oranges?

[afraidfortherepublic]

And of course here, you have a former POTUS doing this:

[Jeff Chandler]

95% of all Nordic youth are well mannered, well educated, abide the law and will end up as productive citizens

The same thing could be said about Japan. I wonder what the two cultures have in common. Hmmm...

[Zeppo]

95% of all Nordic youth are well mannered...

Just curious - does the phrase "Nordic youth" include or exclude immigrants?

[Romulus]

Over here in Scandinavia, physical violence is not seen as a constructive way of dealing with disobedient children.

1. Physical force and violence are not necessarily the same thing. It is begging the question to assert that the father committed a violent act.

2. Though I know very little of Sweden, I have trouble believing that a social consensus of abhorrence for corporal punishment for children dates back any more than a few decades. I would expect to find that earlier generations of Scandinavians would have been quite surprised to have been informed that moderate corporal punishment of children was something alien to their culture. Here too, I suspect you are over-stating your case.

3. If we are going to indulge in rights talk, can we discuss the natural right of parents to have their authority over their children not subverted by the meddling omnicompetent State? Can we discuss the natural right of children to look to their parents first as guides and models, without the State competing for their loyalty and affection? Can we discuss the impertinence of novel, state-manufactured rights presuming to displace human rights that derive from human nature itself?

[Siena Dreaming]

Sometimes kids are so hyperactive that reason doesn't work...a short slap (or apparently in Italy a hair-pull)gets a quick message across and will often keep a kid from doing real harm to himself.

As a child grows, reason can take a much larger place.

[Siena Dreaming]

Sometimes kids are so hyperactive that reason doesn't work...a short slap (or apparently in Italy a hair-pull)gets a quick message across and will often keep a kid from doing real harm to himself.

As a child grows, reason can take a much larger place.

[Col Freeper]

Perhaps we are overly politically correct and so on, ...

Perhaps you are.