God himself was rejected. That was about as far as the pendulum could go. Disrespect for leadership touched every facet of society. We're now seeing the aftermath of all that. The judges' decisions are a function of the lack of respect for authority.
People permit that because it reflects a lot of the attitudes that are out there.
Indeed, parents all too often become the allies of the legal aristocracy rather than its victims. Supporters of discipline in the abstract, these parents turn to the courts when discipline is applied to their own children. The Solid Rock Christian Academy in Riverdale, Ga., is a case in point. But the Baxtons would not be placated. Christian school administrators find such lawsuits ironic, since the vast majority of religious schools require parents to sign a form that specifically allows corporal punishment.