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Discipline: Spare The Rod, Spoil The Child

I was very skeptical about writing this particular article. When it comes to discipline,  I try so hard not to sound cliché. Everybody got their own style of discipline and more often, this is as a result of the kind of upbringing one had when growing up. The Christian religion believe that "He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly" - Proverbs 13:24 NKJV. So if i grew up in a Christian home, I would probably be more inclined to this ideology in the Bible. However, not every parent or teacher is a christian believer, so why would this rule apply to them? Discipline is the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience. The first part of the aforementioned is usually widely accepted while the latter part brings a lot of controversy when touched on. Why is it so? Let's just presume that people hate punishment as much as I do hence, the uproar against it. However