For starters parents need to stop sticking their kids in front of a screen just because they don’t wanna deal with them. Gentle parenting is also an issue in my opinion. Some of these kids are flat out demons who are being gentle parented instead of getting that ass tore up or that phone taken.
i don’t live in a great area and the daycare i worked at was there. kids i regularly worked with got their “ass tore up” and they were menaces in my class. the kids who were the sweetest and most “well behaved” were ones who’s parents stood their ground but were fair and respectful to their kids too. letting ur kid do anything or physically punishing them are not good parenting styles. i’m js that bc every kid who literally terrorized the whole class their parents were not gentle parents at all.
I’m not saying borderline abuse your kid but I do think a good pop on the hand makes a difference depending on the kid. Don’t have to hurt em at all. Just enough to let them know what they’re doing is not okay and you’re serious. I’d never use a paddle or any of the shit that was used on me.