Now that spanking is illegal check out this landmark (go to your room) case

[kahljorn]

I never said they should have their own psych ward, I just said that pissing her bed might be a good indication that she's CRAZY since crazy people usually have very bad control of their bodies. The articles make it seem like it's a bad thing and they were punishing her by forcing her to sleep in a pissy bed, but crazy people piss their beds ALOT.
I mean seriously, if you're the parent of a psychotic child and you were trying to take care of it on your own rather than send t hem to a psych ward this might be one thing you'd do. Obviously, alarm systems and cameras are a bit severe. Still, it's not like it would've been that much different at a psych ward. Psych wards smell like pee buddy.

I was grounded for a year and a half once, but the situations weren't as severe. Some of it, though, like no toys or books, or leaving my room (except for school) were pretty much the same. I never had timed restroom or strict eatting patterns to obey, though.

No, you're right, instillment of a deviant system wouldn't fuck up their mental faculties at all. Sociopaths are all created by loving parents, there's no common pattern of fucked up children coming from fucked up parents. You can argue mental faculties in alot of ways, but one of the ways of using your mental faculties is being able to tell what's right and wrong. It might not necessarily cause permanant mental damage, but there's definitley a lack of ethical development.
Do you think children really choose between different moral systems? They don't, they usually just accept whatever their parents/peers tell them -- more or less. That's why there's entire tribes of cannibals and bad people, and why you generally see cultures sharing similar values...
Also commiting crimes because you can't tell right from wrong (or were raised to just not care) is pretty similar to acting crazy because you're crazy and don't understand reality. Socially, and psychologically, it's a very similar problem.