“Regarding your question should force be used on children, no, there shall be no forcing the children to do anything. Child should not be forced. This is all nonsense. Who has devised these things? If we want them to become great devotees, then we must educate the children with love, not in a negative way.”

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, Letter to Brahmanya Tirtha das, December 10, 1972