My kids clean up after themselves and I've never spanked them.

I believe making kids obey authority for authority's sake is why we have overbearing governments. Authority should be sparse and earned, also questioned and challenged.

Everyone should be encouraged to write a diary / draw / do something creative. Unprocessed emotions are the root cause of perpetuatingunconsciousnesss, which leads to violence.

Great power comes with great responsibility. That incluyes freedom. Punishment is more important than indulgence. If you are capable of understanding an accepting this, you will be able to effectively avoid abuses of power from the parents or the kids. The great problem of today's world is that ca...