Reply To: Should Parents Intimidate Their Kids?

So the question is, does חושך שבטו שונא בנו apply in today’s generation?

If yes, what kind of situation does it apply to?

If the Torah says it applies, there must be a situation where it applies to. And in that situation it would seem that not hitting the child would be wrong. As states in the verse חושך שבטו שונא בנו

The Torah doesn’t say “If you want to, you can hit your son.” Rather, from my understanding (although I’ve never actually studied this possuk), it would seem that the Torah considers someone who wouldn’t hit his son in that specific situation(s) a bad parent.
Apparently it is something that we have to do in certain circumstances.

But which circumstances?
And , does this still apply today???
Correct me if wrong, but I think there are instances where Chazal or gedolim have said that certain things don’t apply in today’s generation.