If you did something bad with your hands, you didn't get to use your hands for awhile. Which launched a discussion of great spankings we have known - including the ones we are now told didn't hurt. Well, this went on for over an hour. It was a laughing and loving and learning time for all of us - and a reminder of what is probably a parent's biggest challenge. The hope for your child's future is in your discipline of her or of him.
Many kids think they can sow and escape the consequences.
After all, you can cover up what you did, take precautions. And there is often a delay between the action and the harvest - and they mistake consequences delayed for consequences canceled. But this Law of the Universe never changes - and it's always true. You sure can't avoid the most serious consequences of all - the judgment of Almighty God. And only later do you realize the price you pay in lost reputation, lost trust, lost love, lost self-respect, lost opportunities, lost innocence.