As a child abuse and neglect therapist I do battle daily wit... - Chris Crutcher, King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised Autobiography

"As a child abuse and neglect therapist I do battle daily with Christians enamored of the Old Testament phrase "Spare the rod and spoil the child."No matter how far I stretch my imagination, it does not stretch far enough to include the image of a cool dude like Jesus taking a rod to a kid."