Life is so differant now days.
If we disciplined our children they way we were, it definitely would result in prision time, and rightly so in some cases.
Also people of our age/generation, for the most part, that I know of, haven't turned out bad people, or alcoholics, drug abusers or unstable because of our hard up bringing ( still doesn't justify it)
It seems you can, break a child these days, just by looking at them sternly, (exaggerated I know). That also is not a good thing for children either, been to soft abd easy going.Parents are afraid to say no for some reason.