What is righteous judgment in relation to children? Judging them based on objective morality, or a specifically set of morals - and not judging them at, at least in a binding way. Children are exempt from all moral legal judgment and culpability. Children are not only presumed innocent of wrongdoing - they are. They can do no wrong.
It says in John 7:24 KJV:
Judge not according to the appearances, but judge righteous judgment.
The Greek root word translated both "judge" and "judgment" is κρίνο (Latin: krinó) and refers to courtroom judgment, meaning circular judgment that surrounds the individual, putting the world on trial. Christians are to presume innocence, beyond a reasonable doubt, with superficial suspicion ("beyond what the eye can see"), denoted by the Greek root word οψίς (Latin: opsis).
However, self-judgment in relation to children is the opposite. As an adult and a Christian, I am to presume guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in myself. I am a depraved, decadent, and evil adult in relation to children, and am deserving of DEATH and DESTRUCTION for my mere existence in relation to them. All adults, by default, are marked for deletion by the Lord, and will be annihilated in due time. Many will be called to be parents or else care for children, but few will be chosen by God to be his favored parent elect by their own choices to not punish, control, or spousify a child.
I am evil, merely for existing as an adult, and by default, I don't mean well around a child. Who decides, ultimately? A child. A child judges adults from above yet from beneath, on a high pillar, placing adults into subjugation and submission. A child owes me nothing, and an adult everything.
I was marked for deletion, but God foreknew my choice to submit to His "least of these", the child (Matt. 25:31-46).
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