3. When and how should correction be given? (Proverbs 13:24)

³ There are times, of course, when every child needs discipline, even with the literal rod, but this should be done​—and not overdone—​firmly and in love, without displaying the heat of anger. Children will come to appreciate deserved chastisement, and it will not ‘exasperate’ them. They will appreciate, too, the kindness and loving care that they receive at other times.

You fathers, do not be exasperating your children, so that they do not become downhearted.” (Colossians 3:20, 21)