獅し子しは我わが子こを千せん尋じんの谷たにに落おとす

expression

spare the rod, spoil the child; let your children face hardships to grow

Proverb meaning that parents should let their children experience difficulties so they become strong and independent. The literal image is of a lion pushing its cubs off a cliff and raising only those that climb back up.

• 「獅し子しは我わが子こを千せん尋じんの谷たにに落おとす」という言こと葉ばがあるように、子こ供どもにはあえて厳きびしい経けい験けんをさせることも大たい切せつだ。

  As the saying goes, 'the lion drops its cubs into the abyss,' it is also important to deliberately give children tough experiences.