Proverbs 13:24, Self-Discipline or Self-Indulgence – Which?
There is a critical loss of discipline among children. Does not the onus come back to parents? This discipline begins with the self-discipline of parents. Indulgence of children reflects the self-indulgence of parents who shirk their duty to correct their children in the right way and at the right time. “If you who love him do not bend him while he is a child, those who do not love him will break him after he has become a man” (Arnot).