Proverbs 13:24 “He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.”
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Proverbs 13:24 “He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.”
Translating that from the King James English into American contemporary English is...
http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/16384/jewish/Chapter-13.htm
(Hebrew at the link.)
“He who holds back his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him early.”
The rebbetzin’s (rabbi’s wife) commentary on this.
http://rechovot.blogspot.com/2011/07/parenting-from-torah-week-6-spare-rod.html
Commentary from Rabbi Kornfeld.
https://www.mail-archive.com/daf-
Mishlei: A Modern Commentary on Proverbs
http://books.google.com/books?id=PhnOxYXqlYgC&pg=PA132&lpg=PA132&dq=mishlei+13:24&source=bl&ots=Hlo70IzZm-&sig=xEfe9ZxDfBHb37wmkxIuLZAIAMw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JPAdVI72KMrSigLW7YGQBA&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=mishlei%2013%3A24&f=false
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: HAVE THE TIMES CHANGED?
Benzion Sorotzkin, Psy.D. – Clinical Psychologist
http://www.drsorotzkin.com/pdf/CORPORAL-PUNISHMENT.pdf