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Hare Krishna prabhu,

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

 

Thank you for your reply.

 

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> Obviously the beating shouldn't cripple one - that's the negative way.

>

> > You have to be liberated like Krishna to cause violence with love!

> > Any violence that we do normally is tinged with the lower modes due

> > to our material attachment.

>

> Well, that's an ideal situation but my parents were not liberated,

> just had a common sense and wanted our best.

>

> One should always ask for the purpose. Anything good is open to abuse,

> you know.

>

> Hope this clarifies the issue a bit.

 

 

Yes of course you had a good situation where your parents were balanced,

but there can be many who could misuse this license to use violence. Time

and again we read in the Indian newspapers of teachers beating up the kids

very badly . So the fact that it makes news shows that it is a rarity and

considered an evil thing in India too.

Actually in Srila Bhakti Vinoda Thakura's biography, we read about his

memories of his early childhood where he and his brothers and cousins were

filled with terror for his teacher who was a little cruel. So as kali yuga

advances, there are more chances of people abusing children rather than

beating with great self restraint for their benefit.

 

There are other ways of punishing children.Using punishment and Rewards are

a good way to train children.Normally people dont have the patience or dont

think it necessary to be so careful in dealing with children. They take the

easy option of hitting them, often expressing their frustration in being so

ineffective in handling them.

I think parents and teachers need to be trained first on how to deal with

disobedience or deviant behavior.

 

We need to understand child psychology more,and have better techniques of

winning over children. If we do that, then that is love. Is it not?

 

Your servant,

Prema Padmini dd