corporal punishment

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is wrong. One ought never raise your hand to your children: It leaves your midsection unprotected.

Never raise your hand to your children... it leaves your midsection unprotected.

 ought to be done to one's child regularly every day, for one may not know why, but the kid does.

Reprimand your child regularly every day. You may not know why, but the kid does. -Harry Hershfield

is wrong --- never raise your hand to your children. It leaves your midsection unprotected.

Never raise your hand to your children. It leaves your midsection unprotected.

is valuable -- spare the rod and spoil the child

is effective --- pull the ear, the head follows.

is effective --- a kick is better than a tongueblow.

is a good thing --- the same thing holds true with a child, a spaniel and a walnut tree - the more they're beaten the better still they be.

A woman, a spaniel and a walnut tree, The more they're beaten the better still they be.

is the process whereby a boy refuses to learn at his mother's knee and then finds himself over his father's.

It used to be when a boy couldn't learn at his mother's knee he found himself over his father's.