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I will address Soldette's [[question]] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporal_punishment corporal punishment]: There is no [[Paradise]]-based instruction on matters such as these. They are within the general instruction "[[Conduct]] yourself in accord with your highest [[understanding]]." The [[Heavenly Father]] promulgates [[opportunities]], not rules. You are left, then, with my [[personal]] [[opinion]]. I lived my life on a [[planet]] [[developed]] socially far beyond your most [[inspired]] [[fantasies]]. Questions such as this are not within my [[personal]] [[experience]]. Corporal punishment of [[children]] was unthinkable on my world, but of course it was unnecessary because of the extent of [[support]] available to [[parents]]. [[Parents]] were not, as an identifiable [[unit]], solely [[responsible]] for the [[care]] and [[education]] of their [[children]]. It was seen as a [[Social|societal]] [[responsibility]], and therefore children who were ill-behaved were swimming against a [[tide]] of certain [[love]] and correct [[action]]. They quickly saw the unproductivity of their [[acts]], and fell into a better and more rewarding mode of [[behavior]]. There was [[simply]] not the [[opportunity]] for children to act badly, nor were there the viciously [[Exploitation|exploitive]] [[factors]] of television and movie glorification of [[dissident]] and recalcitrant role [[heroes]].

I will address Soldette's [[question]] on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporal_punishment corporal punishment]: There is no [[Paradise]]-based instruction on matters such as these. They are within the general instruction "[[Conduct]] yourself in accord with your highest [[understanding]]." The [[Heavenly Father]] promulgates [[opportunities]], not rules. You are left, then, with my [[personal]] [[opinion]]. I lived my life on a [[planet]] [[developed]] socially far beyond your most [[inspired]] [[fantasies]]. Questions such as this are not within my [[personal]] [[experience]]. Corporal punishment of [[children]] was unthinkable on my world, but of course it was unnecessary because of the extent of [[support]] available to [[parents]]. [[Parents]] were not, as an identifiable [[unit]], solely [[responsible]] for the [[care]] and [[education]] of their [[children]]. It was seen as a [[Social|societal]] [[responsibility]], and therefore children who were ill-behaved were swimming against a [[tide]] of certain [[love]] and correct [[action]]. They quickly saw the unproductivity of their [[acts]], and fell into a better and more rewarding mode of [[behavior]]. There was [[simply]] not the [[opportunity]] for children to act badly, nor were there the viciously [[Exploitation|exploitive]] [[factors]] of television and movie glorification of [[dissident]] and recalcitrant role [[heroes]].

For these reasons, my [[counseling]] may seem [[absurd]]. It is no less [[sincere]]. I wince when I see the people of your [[planet]] strike one another, most especially when I see the [[horrific]] [[sight]] of the beating of a [[child]]. Just [[think]] for a moment of the lesson which is imparted by such [[brutality]]. At the very least, you ensure that this [[pattern]] will be carried on another [[generation]]. It is unnecessary for me to [[describe]] in detail my revulsion at these misguided [[activities]]. It would seem hopelessly [[naive]] to you. I will say, however, that people of your [[planet]] are [[favored]] [[simply]] because they are so [[rugged]], if backward, in [[constitution]]. Your people -- especially your [[children]] -- are resilient, and seem to recover rather easily from the cuffings and belittlings which are their habitual due while it is their unfortunate lot to be in the lesser class of [[childhood]]. You people treat your [[children]] as if they were the dumbest, most insensitive brutes. It is a [[mystery]] to me.

For these reasons, my [[counseling]] may seem [[absurd]]. It is no less [[sincere]]. I wince when I see the people of your [[planet]] strike one another, most especially when I see the [[horrific]] [[sight]] of the beating of a [[child]]. Just [[think]] for a moment of the lesson which is imparted by such [[brutality]]. At the very least, you ensure that this [[pattern]] will be carried on another [[generation]]. It is unnecessary for me to [[describe]] in detail my revulsion at these misguided [[activities]]. It would seem hopelessly [[naive]] to you. I will say, however, that people of your [[planet]] are [[favored]] [[simply]] because they are so rugged, if backward, in [[constitution]]. Your people -- especially your [[children]] -- are resilient, and seem to recover rather easily from the cuffings and belittlings which are their habitual due while it is their unfortunate lot to be in the lesser class of [[childhood]]. You people treat your [[children]] as if they were the dumbest, most insensitive brutes. It is a [[mystery]] to me.

I see each [[child]] as the [[hope]] of the world. Who knows, if the [[spirit]] is not beaten out of them, depriving them of the [[understanding]] of whole-hearted [[love]], one of them may someday [[lead]] their brothers and sisters into the life of loving [[respect]]. That is the [[necessary]] first step in the approach to the Ages of [[Light and Life]]. You are some distance from that first step. You are purchasing failure insurance, by your [[acts]].

I see each [[child]] as the [[hope]] of the world. Who knows, if the [[spirit]] is not beaten out of them, depriving them of the [[understanding]] of whole-hearted [[love]], one of them may someday [[lead]] their brothers and sisters into the life of loving [[respect]]. That is the [[necessary]] first step in the approach to the Ages of [[Light and Life]]. You are some distance from that first step. You are purchasing failure insurance, by your [[acts]].