“Kids R Hell” by Charles Foran presents a series of expert analyzes of parental values ​​regarding child discipline (with input from Foran on the inaccuracy of each). He postulates: “To approach every disciplinary decision with the thought that it might prove permanently harmful to your child's well-being or to your self-esteem is to invite madness into your home.” Ridiculing parents who condemn children they physically punish, Foran argues that a slap in the face when a child misbehaves shows a grave implausibility in traumatizing that child or labeling the parent a child molester; furthermore, he finds the idea of ​​never using corporal punishment absurd and a sure way to fail to discipline children. Of course, for some parents, like Okonkwo from Chinua Achebe's Thing Fall Apart, the line between necessary physical force and child abuse becomes blurred, while for others, like Reb Saunders from Chaim Potok's The Chosen, the use of More creative methods of parents seem favorable. Their unconventional means of parenting – arising from or influenced by their occupations – cease to be effective as each child gets older; however, as Reb ultimately dispels his clearly misguided imposition of silence, while Okonkwo stubbornly maintains his narrow-minded bigotry, one father redeems himself, while the other never speaks to his son again. A regrettable baseball accident, in which Danny nearly blinds Reuven's left eye, prompts the apologetic perpetrator to visit the disabled victim, starting an enigmatic friendship between two people from two rival Jewish sects. Reuven notes that Rabbi Reb Saunders' son Danny "dressed like a Hasid, but he didn't look like one." On an external level, Danny's attitude... mid-paper... was never authoritarian but, rather, one that a former child might grudgingly admit (when remembering his punishments) felt right. The difficulty, however, lies in the parent's ability to determine a reasonable disciplinary average. Works Cited Achebe, Chinua. Things fall apart. 1959. New York: Random House, 1994. Print.Didato, Salvatore V. “Are You Attuned to Teenagers?” The Big Book of Personality Tests. NewYork: Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers, 2003. 72-74. Print.- --.“Can you spot a problem child?” The Big Book of Personality Tests. New York: BlackDog and Leventhal Publishers, 2003. 69. Print.Foran, Charles “Kids R Hell.”.