Everyone in Altered Carbon gets a stack, in the book they talk about how nobody wants to live that long except the rich people, who are broken inside and no longer human
Local government is mid, I'm going to give them a solid C tier. State government is... probably B tier. Federal government... F? Possibly G or even H tier? Depending on how much of a tier list purist you are.
I don't hit my kids, I barely even yell. They're the most well-behaved kids I know. Almost as though respecting your kids and spending time with them makes them happier? And maybe kids that feel respected act better? It's a parenting problem. Youth are the future, we the parents decide what that future looks like.
Anyone that sweats you over that is a chode. Don't even worry.