Joseph Jackson Quotes

Withold not Correction from the Child; for if thou beatest him with the Rod, he shall not Die; Thou shalt beat him with the Rod, and shalt deliver his Soul from Hell

They spare the rod, and spoyle the child.

Give your child a spanking once a day. If you don't know why, he does.

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.

Look at the laws: you can't spank a kid without getting in trouble. That kept me in line!

Everyone has a point of view about corporal punishment.

You chastise children when they are bad, as my parents did me. I'm not opposed to smacking. It is to be used occasionally.

Honestly, I regret not having spanked my kids.

Papa didn't cuss, he didn't raise a whole lot of fuss. But when we did wrong, Papa beat the hell out of us.

I got three whippings a day from my mama.

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.

Those children who have been most chastised seldom make the best men.

Some homes need a hickory switch a good deal more than they do a piano.

As a young boy you gave me whoopings to save my life.

Speak roughly to your little boy and beat him when he sneezes! he only does it to annoy, because he knows it teases!

My father being a Caribbean minister, one day I stole the radio. The radio that I stole, I took it to school, showing off how big this boom box was and how bad I was at the time. Once my father figured out where I left the radio, he then got his belt and he walked me, he beat me all the way to where I had hid the radio, and with the boom box.

Spare the rod and spoil the child - that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well.

Smack your child every day. If you don't know why - he does.

I think when we talk about corporal punishment, and we have to think about our own children, and we are rather reluctant, it seems to me, to have other people administering punishment to our own children, because we are reluctant, it puts a special obligation on us to maintain order and to send children out from our homes who accept the idea of discipline. So I would not be for corporal punishment in the school, but I would be for very strong discipline at home so we don't place an unfair burden on our teachers.

I think I wish I had never spanked my children, but I have. And they remember every instance like they tattooed it on their palms. I think it's a terrible lesson, to use physical punishment to make a point about not behaving, not being kind to their siblings, to other people. I mean that's just absurd. But I've lost it, I understand it.

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives it; it is ineffective besides. Neither shame nor physical pain have any other effect than a hardening one.

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.

A good butt whipping and then a prayer is a wonderful remedy.

The smack of the whip is all day long in the ears of those who are on the plantation, or in the vicinity; and it is used with such dexterity and severity as not only to lacerate the skin, but to tear out small portions of the flesh at almost every stroke. This is THE GENERAL TREATMENT of the Slaves. But many individuals suffer still more severely. Many are knocked down; some have their eyes beaten out; some have an arm or a leg broken, OR CHOPPED OFF; and many, for a very small or for no crime at all, have been BEATEN TO DEATH.

Attitudes about the rearing and education of children vary between two extremes. One, which might be labeled “authoritarian” or “coercive,” rests on an assumption that children are by nature irresponsible and lazy, and will do their schoolwork only if they are penalized for a poor performance. The opposite view might be labeled “progressive” or “democratic.” It rests on the assumption that children who are brought up with love, trust, and clear but kind leadership are eager to grow up and be like their parents, eager to explore, learn, master skills, and take on responsibility; they need guidance but not sternness or punishment.