> Other parents. I wonder if this is related to changing expectations about how and by who they expect their kids to be disciplined. This used to be a matter f

> Other parents. I wonder if this is related to changing expectations about how and by who they expect their kids to be disciplined. This used to be a matter for the greater community and kids could be told off, other parents had free reign to give you a clip around the ears when needed but now only the parents themselves expect to be able to discipline (even completely non-violently) their children. So maybe because they know they can't discipline the kids when they do something wrong is becomes necessary to have them watched by someone that can? As to why the community can longer discipline children I'd point the finger at the spanking debate. Rightly or wrongly what was allowed to do to a child became more complicated so the wider community now avoid it all together.