The proper use of the rod has no place for angry, insulting, clamorous words. The child should sense a calm resolve against sin on the part of his parent, coupled with grief. The actual administration of the rod should be carefully measured to create pain suitable to the offense, without causing any injury whatsoever. Unless true pain is created, the whole affair is a sham. However, if injury is inflicted, the parent has himself sinned in violation of the 6th commandment.
Doctors cause pain daily in the coarse of prevention and healing.
One specific benefit of corporeal punishment is that it allows for a speedy resolution of estrangement followed by immediate reconciliation. When the child leaves the room, the issue should be resolved and harmonious relations with the parent should have been restored. Other forms of discipline create protracted periods of estrangement which may result in settled dispositions of disaffection without any climax or restoration. The rod properly used results in a clearing away of the offense and of the tension between parent and child. Following such procedures is a world removed from striking a child in anger and perhaps in public resulting in embarrassment, hostility, and even injury.