Been reading some threads on here recently that have got we thinking about the definitions of 'child abuse' and how it has changed a lot over time.
Some things that were quite commonplace 20 years ago would now leave people gasping in horror but at the time it was just seen as discipline and, by extension, good parenting.
The example that springs to mind is the whole 'washing child's mouth out with soap if they swear' - quite normal when I was a child but now would land you an appointment with social services.
Why the shift for one generation to the next? Why have attitudes changed so dramatically to how we discipline our kids when, generally speaking it seems that people are growing up more badly behaved now we don't use these 'abusive' practices anymore? Abviously I am generalising but AIBU to wonder why things have changed so much?
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To think that perceptions of child abuse have changed a lot over the years?
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extremepie · 11/02/2013 20:34
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