The formal accusation of parents against a child was to be received without inquiry, as being its own proof. Thus the just authority of the parents…

Deuteronomy 21:18–21. THE INCORRIGIBLE SON.

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son ([Reference De…

Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him
With their own hands, or cause him to be apprehended by others,…

Observe how the criminal is described here. He is a stubborn and rebellious son. No child was to be punished for lack of ability, slowness, or dull…