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Discipline is not about revenge or dealing with personal anger issues. In general, it does not need to be physical. I don't ever recall hitting my kids. I did, when they were little, physically restrain them, holding them tightly to prevent them from doing something potentially injurious. If I said no, it meant no. That was the way it was when they were 1 and that's what it meant when they were 17. As they got older, a lot of things were up for discussion, but I found it is a lot easier to say no and change it to yes, than to say yes and change it to no. There were rules, but they were open to amending when necessary. We ate at the same time and we ate together and we talked or I should say they talked. I'd find out about their day, their friends and what was going on. It helped that they were close enough in age to know if someone was telling porkies. Parents need to understand they have the power with the 'implied threat'. I remember my oldest putting on his coat to leave the house with friends who were waiting in a car. I said, "I don't recall you asking if you could go out". He made some non-committal type response and I told him he couldn't go and he retorted with "What are you going to do"? I told him that if he walked out that door, he'd find out. He didn't go and I never told him there wasn't much I could do, but in his mind he conjured up all kinds of things. That was about the most intense defiance I had. Kids need to feel like they belong and to belong, you have to have rules.

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It would appear that the Russians have not learned the pitfalls of removing children that is well documented in Australia, Canada and the US.

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The judge overseeing the first-ever criminal case against a former US president is described by colleagues as stern, smart and even-tempered. Justice Juan Merchan, 60, also began his career in the very office bringing the charges against Donald Trump: the Manhattan District Attorney. Born in Colombia, Justice Merchan has been an acting New York State Supreme Court justice since 2009 and is no stranger to complex or high-profile cases. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/04/01/donald-trump-judge-justice-juan-merchan/?fbclid=IwAR3xEOlzlHPr345mINSGaCFaRA-l16gBpJbIIPsPHDUHW35Yo3BOJ8fcCjU

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If he turns himself in, then there really isn't a need for handcuffs. I mean, he could make a run for it, but I don't think he's capable of running. He could start swinging at people, but again, he leaves that to others. I'd tend to handcuff his security detail. I suspect they are a much greater risk of causing a problem than Trump. Nobody should be handcuffed unless there is a real concern that it could go sideways and that doesn't usually happen until they are found guilty and remanded to some form of custody.

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A grand jury in Manhattan has voted to indict Donald Trump, according to three sources familiar with the matter – the first time in American history that a current or former president will face criminal charges. The Manhattan district attorney’s office has been investigating the former president in connection with his alleged role in a hush money payment scheme and cover-up involving adult film star Stormy Daniels that dates to the 2016 presidential election. The decision is sure to send shockwaves across the country, pushing the American political system – which has never seen one of its ex-leaders confronted with criminal charges, let alone while running again for president – into uncharted waters. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/politics/donald-trump-indictment/index.html

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I worked at a private school and we were, as I understand it, not eligible for the Gov't medical program. We never had it. Employees were covered by private insurance which was paid for by the school. We did have teachers who had worked in gov't schools and were covered and I believe they could remain covered but had to pay the full cost, which at least some did.

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No, not everyone working legally has health insurance through the Thai social system. If you work for many private agencies, insurance is available through private companies.

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Dozens of people have been killed and injured after a fire broke out in an immigration detention facility in northern Mexico near the United States border. The blaze – one of the deadliest incidents ever at an immigration lockup in the country – occurred late Monday at a facility in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. Images from the scene showed ambulances, firefighters and vans from the morgue around the smoke-covered facility with rows of bodies lying under shimmery silver sheets. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/28/dozens-dead-in-fire-at-migrant-facility-in-mexico

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