The Zombification of America.

In the past, parent's knew how to be parents and there was no such thing as 'oppositional defiance disorder' if a kid misbehaved he was considered to be a 'brat' and got disciplined. Parents weren't concerned about a child's self-esteem, their only concern was to raise a responsible adult. Parents weren't afraid to discipline even if it mean the occasional application of a hand to a child's bottom. Kid's learned to behave because they knew, without a doubt, that there would be consequences. And they grew up to be responsible adults.

Now, parent's are either afraid to discipline or they are too lazy and self-absorbed to be bothered. 'Experts' preach to parents that they must nurture the self-esteem at all costs and children must never be punished lest it harm their fragile psyche. So, as a consequence, we have a nation where we have an increasing incidence of drug abuse, teen sex and pregnancy, crime, school shootings etc. because kids are growing up with no morals - no sense of right and wrong.

More than half the children we see in the ER are on some form of psychiatric med, Ritalin, Abilify, Depakote, Risperdal and so on. Let's drug them all into little zombies, they'll sit quietly in class so the class sizes can be larger, and the state will save money. Let's drug them all into little zombies so they won't bug mom and dad. Who cares what the long term consequences are. Who cares what the long term effects are on their developing brains. As long as they sit still and behave now without and adult having to be bothered to interact with them it's all good, right.