@beardalaxy @xianc78 @Hephaestic
For sure. I'm not pro-50's - 80's style parenting, but modern 'parenting' is probably worse.
"Safety" is overrated, but that doesn't mean you need to take your kid to the woodshed either.
There is something in-between regular beatings and corporal punishment and keeping your kid inside for fear of someone kidnapping your kid. The kidnapping by a stranger is statistically rare and most of us who survived the 50-80's are better off as adults than those whom were been over the last two or so decades.