Children Quote by Anonymous

“As a child abuse and neglect therapist I do battle daily with Christians enamored of the Old Testament phrase "Spare the rod and spoil…

— Chris Crutcher

Spare the child and spoil the rod, I am not sellin' myself to god.

— Patti Smith

I will here say to parents, that kind words and loving actions towards children, will subdue their uneducated nature a great deal better than…

— Brigham Young

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

— Samuel Butler

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother

— Bible

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands.…

— Washington Irving

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him

— Bible

“When parents are shame-based and needy, they are unable to take over the mirroring narcissistic function for the child. Furthermore, the fact that the…

— John Bradshaw

“With the child already shame-based, the feeling of discouragement takes over the whole personality. As the shame-based child forms her primitive conscience, shame becomes…

— John Bradshaw

Without a sense of the shame or guilt of his or her action, the child will only be hardened in rebellion by physical punishment.…

— C. Sommerville

“Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them. PROVERBS 13:24 NIV”

— Inc. Barbour Publishing

“The majority of parents we come into contact with have lost their faith and therefore have lost any kind of dependence on God. They…

— Lucinda Vardey