We’ll offer a disclaimer first and say that some punishments might have been common in the past, hence sayings such as, “Spare the rod and spoil the child”.

我们会先提供一个免责声明， 并说一些惩罚在过去可能很常见，因此才会有诸如“饶了棒子， 宠坏了孩子” 之类的说法。