लालयेत्‌ पञ्चवर्षाणि

लालयेत्‌ पञ्चवर्षाणि दशवर्षाणि ताडयेत्‌।
प्राप्ते तु षोडशे वर्षे पुत्रं मित्रवदाचरेत्‌॥
lālayet pañcavarṣāṇi daśavarṣāṇi tāḍayet|
prāpte tu ṣoḍaśe varṣe putraṁ mitravadācaret||

“A child should be pampered till five; and disciplined for the next ten years.
Once he is sixteen, a son should be treated like a friend.
(supposedly from nItishAstra of ChaNakya)