Educating Children

Ah the recent spate of events and policies by the government to promote more births set me thinking about the most important aspect of children, that is their education not just their cirriculum but also their all-round development. I don't think any parent would desire children like those mentioned in my earlier post.
Educating children is like flying a kite, if u pull on the string too soon or too hard the kite would be grounded and not fly or the string may snap and the kite would fly away. Don't tug on the string, the kite can never fly high. Thus one must know when to pull the string and when to release it so that the kite can fly high even in the absence of strong winds.
I do believe in the "Spare the rod and spoil the child" policy, children must be punished to let them know that they have done wrong. Of cos I don't support indiscriminate spanking, but controlled and appropriate punishment should be administrated.They should know wat is wrong Rewards should also be given for things done right. Writing is easy but the actual implementation is going to be much more difficult.