76ers Brett Brown Needs Tough Love
The challenge of every parent, teacher, coach, or training instructor is the struggle between encouragement and harsh discipline. The struggle has been ongoing for hundreds of years. You know the age old saying “spare the rod, spoil the child”. In movies, beatings were commonplace. In one scene of “The Quiet Man”, a lady hands a branch to John Wayne saying “here’s a nice branch to beat your wife with!”. Times have changed. Between child psychologists, media sensationalism, and fear of being second guessed, discipline has given way to persuasion, guile, and enrouragement.