When they cease to be so, by way of punishment or permissiveness. Gentle parenting is about a parent-child bond.
It says in Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:
Children, obey your parents in all things, as is well-pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.
The Greek root word translated υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to surrender coming from surrender to children, which is denoted by the Greek root word αγαπαο (Latin: agapao) and refers to submission to children in the form of indentured servitude. The Greek root word translated "parents" is γονεύς (Latin: goneus) and refers to a sort of selfless submission to the child that allows them to be themselves, learn, and thrive. It is submission to their needs in a way that gives a pro-social cocoon of freedom to grow and progress in terms of development, without punishment or control...Parents are to submit in a responsible way, and a child to parents without responsibility, but willing to help out anyway if parents earn their trust.
Ancient Jewish culture was a tribal nation, with only a few major urban areas, namely Jerusalem. Think a papoose bag, and a child strapped on the back of the mother. That's how parenting was then. None of this controlling children from above, and punishing them for misdeeds. Older children were ranged close to parents. This is how parenting should go in our modern American culture, as these are true family values...Being attendant to one's children, while ranging them close. THAT is true submission to one's children.
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