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At such a moment, it is not the physical pain which hurts the most (and this applies to adults as much as to punished children); it is the mental agony caused by the injustice, the unreasonableness of it all.

Viktor E. Frankl
Hurt, Children, Pain
Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.25, Beacon Press
At such a moment, it is not the physical pain which hurts the most (and this applies to adults as much as to punished children); it is the mental agony caused by the injustice, the unreasonableness of it all.