Spare the rod and spoil the child

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Spare the rod and spoil the child : Phrases

Meaning:

The notion that children will only flourish if punished, physically or otherwise, for any wrongdoing.


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Origin:

From the Bible, Proverbs 13-24 (King James Version):

He that spareth his rod hateth his son.

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