Is it right to spank children?

It is better than right – God commands it, your children need it, and it will work! First, God commands it (Pr 13:24; 19:18). Second, your children are born with innate foolishness that must be driven out of them (Pr 22:15; 29:15). Third, it will work (Pr 23:13-14; 29:17).

The failure and fiasco of recent generations when measured by its children should be enough to prove that this world’s ideas are destructive and ludicrous. Benjamin Spock was a fool, and he admitted it before he died. His childrearing manual led to the modern mess we see everywhere.

The Encyclopedia Britannica (14th edition published in 1929) once read in its entry for flogging, “Flogging has been one of the most universally utilized methods of punishing public crimes, as well as a means of preserving family, domestic, military and academic discipline.”

See Also

A Proverb commentary for corporal punishment: Proverbs 13:24.
A Proverb commentary for corporal punishment: Proverbs 19:18.
A Proverb commentary for corporal punishment: Proverbs 22:15.
A Proverb commentary for corporal punishment: Proverbs 23:13.
A Proverb commentary for corporal punishment: Proverbs 23:14.
A Proverb commentary for corporal punishment: Proverbs 29:15.
A Proverb commentary for corporal punishment: Proverbs 29:17.