Left to himself - The condition of one who has been pampered and indulged. The mother who yields weakly is as guilty of abandoning the child…

A child left to himself. — Allowed to wander unchecked as the wild ass (Job 39:5).

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The rod and reproof give wisdom Are the means of giving wisdom to a child, reproved by its parent with the rod; and of dr…

Parents must consider the benefit of due correction, and the mischief of undue indulgence.