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To: Reaganesque

Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;
do not be a willing party to their death.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

Do not withhold discipline from children;
if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
Punish them with the rod
and save them from death.

A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,
but children left to themselves disgrace their mother.


10 posted on 11/23/2009 11:01:16 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: MrB

Most people use the old “save the rod spare the child” axiom out of context and in the completely incorrect manner. I like the version you quote because it is much more direct!


16 posted on 11/23/2009 11:07:07 AM PST by jurroppi1 (America, do not commit Barry Care-y!)
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