Re: What is and what ought to be

"As anyone with two or more children can attest, if parents meted out violence based on the sobs and feelings of a child in the moment, then none of us would have siblings."

Indeed, one small child I knew (a boy, alas) liked me so much that he would cry whenever I started to leave, to try to convince me to stay longer. This talk about attacking anyone who causes a child to cry has me a bit concerned.