But there is another side to this. Certainly, the parents must discipline their child, but they should also encourage him. We might add, next to the rod, keep an apple, and give it to him when he does something well. There are too many homes today in which parents and children are almost total strangers. A large part of the blame for this estrangement must be placed on the older generation.
Parents often think that life, as they know it, stands still.
But that is precisely what life refuses to do. The father changed the subject. There are two things which remain to be said on the subject. Parents must give the child the respect that is due him. Parents must ask for reasonable cooperation from the child.