If parents spoil their kids, and laugh off things they should be strict about, then children will get accustomed getting away with whatever they want as they grow older.
如果小時候父母寵溺，「宜誡翻獎，應呵反笑」，結果大了「驕慢已習」，這時才想到要動鞭子，徒然「捶撻至死而無威，憤怒日隆而增怨，逮於成長，終為敗德」。