Foot binding puts education (child prison) into context. How could they do it? Well, it was the normal, loving maintenance of a child.
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luckily we improved the definition of normal.
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I'm suspicious of how much of an improvement it is - is modern prison really so much less cruel than corporal punishment or execution?
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depriving children of meaningful stimulation and drugging the uncooperative ones seems messed up to me
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All relative. Better than caning, child abuse and rote religious indoctrination, no vaccines, no comic books, no tv...
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not dying of infectious disease is nice but TV is hardly a blessing. much has been lost as well as gained.
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