I think a big part of why children and young people are coddled so much today is because we have very small families compared to previous generations. Each chil

I think a big part of why children and young people are coddled so much today is because we have very small families compared to previous generations. Each child is so incredibly precious and all the eggs are in 1 or 2 baskets that parents are: - able to be hyper involved in their life - act more like friends than the leaders of a clan - fiercely defend their children from judgement or discipline of other adults since it’s taken personally now when you hade so few kids. Young people have picked up on this and know they rule. It’s complex but I don’t think kids were better off because of corporal punishment or being unheard simply because they were kids. When families had more kids on average the parents didn’t have as much time for each kid.