"When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart.”

Horace Mann


Or in the words of our holy sages - טובה מרדות אחת בלבו של אדם יותר ממאה מלקיות