>>1595

LOL, your example is terrific.
I think we agree that average parents usually want the best for their children. They protect them from danger and give them the requisite know-how to manage the challenges of life. Unfortunately, this requires force in different gradations. I skip the list of obvious examples save an extension of yours: You also were pressed to learn to write. ;)

The point is: Parents are predetermined to do this as part of the naturally reproduction. It ensures the passing on of genes. Humans are unlike other animals, eg. fishes, limited in the number of descendants. So its economically not justifiable to loose a single one.

To call education torture is possible, but overdone as long as it doesn't come to real violence. Of course kids feel sometimes different. :)
To start early with the training of certain skills makes sense, because to gain highest performance takes much time. You can learn to read (and write :p ) or to dance as an adult, but it is way more difficult. Parents need a sure instinct to keep the right balance between the necessary force and the respect for the kids wishes.