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This implies love hand-in-hand with a constant firmness right from the beginning.. Such firmness should be consistent between both parents. A child quickly learns to exploit a situation in which one parent contradicts the firmness of the other with an attitude of weakness.. If these principles are applied early enough there should be no need for physical chastisement. Should stern measures in fact have to be taken, they should never reach the point of physical beating or tongue-lashing as such punishments would soon make a child hate his own home. Essentially, however, the emphasis should be on the positive. A properly educated child will receive more praise for the things he does well than chastisement for the things he should not do.
(88:3)
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