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Write an essay on- "Spare The Rod And Spoil The Child".

Express your views either for or against the topic.

Here are a few points for the topic:

  • Children will not learn consequences of their actions if they are not taught this at a young age. Punishing children would teach them that their negative actions have a negative consequence.
  • Beating children would show them that you are in control of them. When they act up and are disobedient, by smacking them you can show them that you have the final say and they cannot manipulate you.
  • No punishment spoils children.

 

Few points against the topic are:

  •  Children learn by observation. Beating is never the solution as they would do the same thing to their children when they grow old which is not correct.
  • Beating up your children show your lack of control over yourself as well as over them. This is an inappropriate and thus, unacceptable behavior.

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Spare the rod spoil the child is not biblical .
The phrase "spare the rod and spoil the child" is often incorrectly attributed to the Christian Bible. It does not appear there. It was first written in a poem by Samuel Butler in 1664.

The biblical book of Proverbs, in its original Hebrew, contains five passages which refer to disciplining children with a "shebet." The word is usually translated in English as "rod." At first glance, these passages seem to instruct parents to discipline their children using violent means -- by physically hitting them with a rod, paddle, belt,hand , or other .
implement .

Jesus said, 'I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd gives his life for his sheep.' This Good Shepherd's rod and staff comfort the sheep. The rod is thrown out on a path to startle the sheep warning them that they are in danger of wandering into an unsafe place. The shepherd uses the rod to drive off coyotes and wolves. Being stubborn creatures, sheep often get themselves into ridiculous dilemmas, like our children. Children are in need of shepherding like sheep so that they don't stray off into paths that will hurt them or destroy them." 

That was taken from a christian site in no where does it say that the verses that do mention a rod are implying that to discipline a child is to hit them in fact i would take the last paragraph as to mean quiet the opposite .

The rod is a symbol of guidance and safety from what i gather ....

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