Commentary: As summer approaches, how do we chart a new course for our kids and prevent violence?

Is there a generational disconnect when it comes to disciplining our children? I am from Generation X, whose members were born from 1965 to 1980. We were admonished by parents, neighbors, teachers and basically any adult who saw us doing something wrong. If we were heard using profanity, an adult would correct us. Even for something as minor as running across a neighbor’s lawn, we would hear about it. We then hoped that the adult wouldn’t