Re: "Spare the rod?"
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Originally Posted by saturnfire16
This is an old thread and this is discussed in the links posted, but I just wanted to point out that the phrase "spare the rod, spoil the child" is not actually found in the Bible. It's from a poem.
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Not even a religious poem. The full quote is,
If Love's a boy by poets styl'd,
Then spare the rod and spoil the child.
The full passage has the same theme as John Mellencamp's "Oooh, Baby, Make It Hurt So Good." Not about child rearing at--all.
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