misbehaves, scold him with the right hand and love him with the left hand ( it means don’t over scold him, make him understand you are doing it because you care).
B)-SPARE THE ROD, SPOIL THE CHILD.
Many people has misunderstood this simple but strong phrase, when they say rod doesn’t mean you will get a rod and flog your own child. The rod means discipline. If you don’t discipline your child in a good mannered way, he will get spoiled. Don’t be afraid to punish your child for doing a wrond thing, it’s a way of preparing him to become a better person.
C)-DON’T APOLOGISE UNLESS IT’S NECCESSARY.
A certain young mother flogged her 10 years old son twice on the buttocks for deliberately spilling orange juice on the white couch. The boy slumps down and cried like the world is coming to an end and the next thing you know, the mother practically begs the child to stop crying and apologises for being a bad mother. So every now and then when the child misbehaves and gets punished, he cries to get his way. That’s a bad example of rearing a child.
Meanwhile another young mother flogs her 8years old daughter twice on the palm for urinating on the couch while watching cartoon. The little girl cried and cried and when she saw that her mother was unmoved by her tears. She went upstairs in her room. When the mother notices her absence, she went upstairs and found her daughter under the bed. That touches the mother so she helped her daughter out and apologise for beaten her so hard and explained why she did it. The little girl understood and promised not to wee-wee again on the couch. Now that’s a good way of rearing a child.
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