Keep lying to yourself foolish father.
Spare the rod and spoil the child is an old phrase written in
ancient texts, but was severely distorted by modern
interpretation.
The phrase was written to describe King Solomon's parenting
style. But had a negative result...
If u read about Solomon's son Rehoboam, he became vicious and
hated by his own people.
1 Kings 12:13-14:
"And the king [Rehoboam] answered the people roughly, and forsook
the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and spake to
them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made
your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised
you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."
(ASV)
http://www.religioustolerance.org/spankin8.htm
The rod should be interpret as discipline, guidance, correction
and teaching.
"increasing number of brats " ? What made u think there were
less brats during your time ? Or the time during our ancestors ?
There were plenty , but the earth was less populated back then, we
just don't see much around us due to more personal space between
families.
In crowded cities, u see more nasty people around relative to a
suburban setting. Does it means there's less nasty people on earth
before ? No.
Perhaps your child is a brat, because u are a brat yourself. A
person cannot teach what he does not know.
Your father probably never impart u good parenting style, that's
why u believe beating a child is acceptable and seek justification
for your foul thinking.
you keep lying to yourself too, there's a farking shit load a
brats because there's a sudden increase of shitty parents who think
like you.
back then when kids do wrong, they know they'll get punished,
nowadays when kids do wrong the parents shield them and say they'll
know when they grow up.
so what do you think crappy kids do when they grow up thinking
this way?
at least back then kids know they'll be in for a thrashing ,
nowadays wrong liao just shout louder then the other side can
liao