A whole generation has been brought up by parents who thought that negotiating with their children and giving "time outs" was more effective at teaching discipline than a good old fashioned spanking and laying down the law. They grow up not learning that there are actual consequences for their actions until one fine day they ***** up big enough that society ends up teaching them that lesson by means of getting hauled off by the Police or having to pick their teeth up off the sidewalk. FTA: "his mother Elsa Castro says he was a good boy who'd never been in trouble before." "He's a good, intelligent boy who was raised right. All I can say is that I did my best."I rest my case.