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these invisible rules wich all children follow. Minor punishments are there if a family member does not follow them repeatedly. In a loving traditional family there usually isn't hardly any reason for punishments. Kids know that their parents and brothers and sisters love them and they love them back. They don't want to hurt them but please them so they do what others want and is best for them.

The family unit has broken down since the "50's" and crime has increased in our country. The fact is that many people never learned to follow the law at home. Law with love is natural for human beings but for the unloved law is unatural. It is something external and breaking it means harsh punishment. Law stops the unloved from doing what they want to do, when they want to do it, where the want to do it, and with whom. Law is in their mind the obstacle to freedom. They do not think of the punishment nor are they detered by it. They just do what they want to do but it is against the law.

Neighborhood reaffirmed in the past following the mores of society which is the law. Children were brought up to take care of property in and out of their homes. They were to play and stay in their yards as well as not go in another yard unless they had permission from their parents and from the neighbors. When they were there they were to not only follow the rules of their parents but also the rules of the people where they were. They were guests and most children obeyed naturally. The few who didn't were sent back home and were not allowed again.

The environments of both home and neighborhood were safe for kids in the "50's" and "60's" not to mention before that in America. There were some exceptions. In the "70's" it began to change since the family became weaker for many kids. More kids did what they wanted to do rather than what they were supposed to do.

School is the next environment where children are trained to follow the law. Even in the "60'" in our country the only thing we remembered kids doing was maybe talking in times we were to be silent or sometimes chewing gum. Boys and girls just did what they were supposed to do and what was best for them. This was in public schools not just private ones. Few ever thought of not obeying. Young people liked and respected their parents and teachers. Both were there to help them.

Teachers who taught in the "60's" and even in the "70's" did not even have to think about discipline. Kids wanted to learn and saw their teachers as people who cared

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