spare the rod
Don't discipline physically
Spare the rod is a shortened form of the proverb "spare the rod, spoil the child," which holds that children who are not physically disciplined will become spoiled or poorly behaved.
The rod refers to a stick or switch used for corporal punishment.
People invoke the phrase either to advocate for strict discipline or, increasingly, to criticize such views as outdated.
He was raised by parents who didn't believe in sparing the rod.
- King SolomonWise Hebrew king
- chastisementFormal scolding or correction
- child-rearingRaising and nurturing offspring
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- hickory stickHard wood rod
switch · rod · leniency · guidance · consequences · admonition · morality · discipline · reproof · nurture · proverb · authority · scold · time out · biblical · developmental psychology · boundaries · belt
spare the rodcorporal punishment
Inflicting pain as penalty
strict discipline · tough love · zero tolerance · physical punishment · authoritarian parenting
spare the rodauthoritarian parenting
Rigid, controlling child-rearing approach
strict parenting · tiger parenting · obedience training · my way or the highway
spare the rodauthoritarian parenting
Rigid, controlling child-rearing approach
tiger parenting · helicopter parenting · micromanagement · overcontrol