Do you believe in the old saying: Spare the rod,Spoil the child?
By Ms Michelle
@lenapoo (678)
United States
3 responses
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
30 Jul 11
To be strict to a certain extent is advisable. In the present day scenario children grow up with more liberty and do not know how to adjust with others and how to help others. We must be strict but at the same time not resort to beating the child.
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@lenapoo (678)
• United States
29 Sep 11
You're right they don't! I believe that your upbringing has a lot to do with how you are as an adult. No matter whether it was good or bad. It will have an affect on you.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
1 Aug 11
Certainly I do believe in that saying, "Spare the rod, Spoil the child! This is the reason why I can't live in a country where spanking the child has been outlawed.
I strongly believe, a child who deserves the rod and yet was not given a taste of it will surely get spoiled. If it is necessary to use rod then I believe we should use the rod. It depends on the gravity of the child's offense. There are little offenses that needs no rod though but a child's attention should always be called and he must be admonished so that he will know where he has gone wrong.
I was raised in a family where rod is used and I would say this is one of the reasons why I grew up to become (modesty aside) a good person. Chastening the child is not a sign of cruelty if done the right way. It must be done not as an expression of anger or hatred toward the child but as an expression of correction. Th child should be spanked on the right part of his body. He must feel the pain but not to the extent of hurting him to the hilt. Let the child know that he is being punished not because you hate him but because he committed a mistake and he should learn from it. A child who has been spanked should be told that spanking is a consequence of his own sin and not lack of love on the parent's side. He must be told that you love him so you don't want him to become a bad child that's why he has to be punished so that he will know how to behave well and become a good child God wanted him to be.
So I believe the rod of correction is relevant yesterday, today and will always be relevant even in the next generations to come. Remember, "Foolishness is bound in the heart of the child but the rod of correction shall take it away from him."
May God bless everyone!
I strongly believe, a child who deserves the rod and yet was not given a taste of it will surely get spoiled. If it is necessary to use rod then I believe we should use the rod. It depends on the gravity of the child's offense. There are little offenses that needs no rod though but a child's attention should always be called and he must be admonished so that he will know where he has gone wrong.
I was raised in a family where rod is used and I would say this is one of the reasons why I grew up to become (modesty aside) a good person. Chastening the child is not a sign of cruelty if done the right way. It must be done not as an expression of anger or hatred toward the child but as an expression of correction. Th child should be spanked on the right part of his body. He must feel the pain but not to the extent of hurting him to the hilt. Let the child know that he is being punished not because you hate him but because he committed a mistake and he should learn from it. A child who has been spanked should be told that spanking is a consequence of his own sin and not lack of love on the parent's side. He must be told that you love him so you don't want him to become a bad child that's why he has to be punished so that he will know how to behave well and become a good child God wanted him to be.
So I believe the rod of correction is relevant yesterday, today and will always be relevant even in the next generations to come. Remember, "Foolishness is bound in the heart of the child but the rod of correction shall take it away from him."
May God bless everyone!
@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
31 Jul 11
I believe in discipline, but not in physical "discipline." If a rod is involved, then there is a problem, there's enough of a problem if it's just a bare hand. My parents were strict with my sister and I, but they never ever hit us.
