Admonish

[Tina]

To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or
kindly, but seriously; to exhort.

[Luis Fok]

1. To indicate duties or obligations. To express warning or disapproval to ecspecially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitious manner.
2. to give friendly earnest advice or encouragement to.

[Britney]

to metaphorically beat one with a stick, this is a phrase that usually follows a correction or update of popular philosophy