When the children are disobedient, it becomes necessary for the father or the mother to discipline them; and sometimes by using the rod.

But no loving parent would for a moment think of torturing his or her child.

Just punishment is always for the purpose of doing ultimate good, and where the parents are compelled to punish or discipline their children they do it because they love them.

The apostle Paul, discussing the discipline by earthly parents and by God said: "We have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness."-- Hebrews 12:9,10.
[77]Only a wicked fiend would want to torment anybody, such a one as loves dark and wicked things.
[78]Our great God is love.

(1 John 4:16) "God is light and in him is no darkness at all," (1 John 1:5) Everything that Jehovah does is good.