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		somrand0 on Dec 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What happens when babies are left to cry it out? well yea, because your parents were essentially slaves, the property of higher elite classes. I'm pointing to the class relationship, nothing specific to your parents. I wonder if such practices were used in schools reserved for royalty and other nobles in the UK

dijksterhuis on Dec 29, 2022 [–]

It’s well known that “elite” schools such as Eton also used physical punishment in a similar manner.

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