After reading many of the comments here, many of you guys are soft ass shit. I can see how Americas future will decline and other nations start to lead. My parents were soft on me. Heck, I didn't become a straight A student until High school. I always saw how strict they were to my brother and lax on me. Now, I am an adult with 3 kids(one autistic), I know I have to teach my kids how to take care of themselves, understand discipline & compassion, compete, and survive in the world. Some of you only understand one culture and this can be a down fall. If the America continues as a " me me me" state I can see falling. The old fashion discipline is disappearing...
Discipline itself is not effective, but discipline with affection gets the message through. This father expressed his anger with passion to try to make his daughter understand. I give him 15 stars for that, as I see many parents lacking this.
*standing ovation*
I couldn't have said it better (well, I don't curse so I would have left some things out). Discipline has been progressively going down for the past 20 years, and with that, so has other things in the United States. You last statement summed it all up.