Is God telling me something through Proverbs?

I have mellowed. Or maybe I am resigned. Gone were the days where I would raise my voice at parents when I ask to meet them because their children had misbehaved repeatedly.

Today, my heart just softened. When I saw the hopelessness in the eyes of the mother, and how she called her son useless in front of me, I could not bear to raise my voice at all. I told her gently what and how she could help the son, and spoke to my pupil, her son (incorrigible one) and told him what he has to do.

SOmetimes, I am really at a loss what to do. I don't feel like punishing and scolding pupils who don't do their homework, students who don't bring their work. I speak to them sternly, yes. But will that help? For some, yes. And for those that don't, it's so tiring having to punish and scold them. The reward system works for some, but not for others. There is no perfect system. Sometimes, in order to benefit those who want to learn, we just got to move on. I have learnt that about two years ago.

Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:6

Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
If you strike him with the rod,
you will save his soul from Sheol (hell).

Proverbs 23:13-14
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