The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement.
Charles Schwab
“Spare the rod and spoil the child” is a phrase I’ve heard from my youth before someone got smacked or chastised.
Some people use the method of criticism even to physical punishment or threat of losing job, security, family in order to “improve” the object of their wrath.
In Jesus’ time, the Romans used violence and the threat of violence to achieve power over others. This attitude went from emperor down to head of the family.
The Pharisees were great at comparing how great they were and loved by God to how others were outside of God.
Jesus took a different approach. “It is the sick who need the physician,” he once told the Pharisees.
Appreciation and encouragement—the better path.
Faith Venture 
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