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What does spare the rod and spoil the child mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word spare the rod and spoil the child? Here's what it means.

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  1. If one does not discipline a child, he or she will never learn obedience and good manners.
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I am of 1920s vintage and in those days it was spare the rod and spoil the child and children should be seen and not heard.

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