Consequently, many attempt to control their children by ineffective time-outs, by reward, by pleading or threats, by manipulation, by rejection, shame and guilt, by outside counselling or by medication. Often these techniques are far, far more damaging to the child's psychological well-being and development than spanking ever was. Far more damaging than that, allowing children to be in control creates an artificial environment that distorts their perceptions of reality and their expectations of life. Real life, for many of them, is a shattering disillusionment, a betrayal, leading to a deep-seated, smoldering and violent rage. Even in nature, childhood is the training ground for adulthood.
Offspring learn to survive because their parents are in charge.
Otherwise, they die. The rising rate of child violence and killing is a manifestation of nature's law in human terms. But nobody came. Perhaps, all three. But in every case, they are the product of their own policies.