Do not beat children

…children should not be beaten at all, that I have told. They should
simply be shown the stick strongly. So if one cannot manage in that way then
he is not fit as teacher. If a child is trained properly in Krishna
Consciousness, he will never go away. That means he must have two things,
love and education. So if there is beating of child, that will be difficult
for him to accept in loving spirit, and when he is old enough he may want to
go away—that is the danger. So why these things are going on — marching and
chanting japa, insufficient milk, too strict enforcement of time schedules,
hitting the small children? Why these things are being imposed? Why they are
inventing these such new things like marching and japa like military? What
can I do from such a distant place? They should run and play when they are
small children, not forced to chant japa, that is not the way.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Bhanutanya — Hyderabad 18 November, 1972