One has to keep in mind and that a lot of what people think about is he past is from Britain due to its dominance. Britain has long had a very strict form of ch

One has to keep in mind and that a lot of what people think about is he past is from Britain due to its dominance. Britain has long had a very strict form of child raising. That has been part of the culture. In Norway, where this is from, one generally believed in milder treatment of both children and prisoners than British. Physical punishment got banned much earlier. My mother who grew up in the 1950s Norway always describe her father as exceptionally kind. He would spend time in the basement making doll house and doll furniture for my mother and her sister. He did not have much money but would get my mom oil paint so she could learn to paint. If any of the boys in her street was mean to my mom or her sister, her dad would be there right on the spot.