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spare the rod and spoil the child

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spare the rod and spoil the child.
Prov. You should punish a child when he or she misbehaves, because if you do not, the child will grow up expecting everyone to indulge him or her. Jane: How can you allow your little boy to be so rude? Ellen: It distresses me to punish him. Jane: lean understand that, but spare the rod and spoil the child.
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There's a bundle of truth in the saying from the Victorian period, spare the rod and spoil the child.
He was a devout Christian who believed that it was a sin to spare the rod and spoil the child in all aspects of life.
Maybe it was the day, officials in suits Decided, spare the rod and spoil the child With due respect M'Lord I rest my case
 
 
 
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