Someone passed this on to me. One thing you have to realize is that most atheists are former Christians. Every time someone in their former church messes up they have to call it on the carpet.
Atheists: Doing Satan’s job even though Satan is not an atheist!
Proverbs 23:13-14 are instructive. Some commentary can be found here...
http://www.gotquestions.org/spare-rod-spoil-child.html