What is child abuse? - Whatever the child perceives as such

Many parental rights caseworkers will say "the line between proper parenting and abuse is difficult to draw". This is based on the false belief that children are property, and not persons before the law. In the current United States legal system, abuse is generally identified by adults, not children, and namely those close to them, such as teachers, coaches, and doctors. My view is that abuse should be instead primarily self-reported by the child themselves.

It it says in the Tenth Commandment prohibits entitlement, and all child abuse is borne out of one form of entitlement - parental entitlement. Entitlement is denoted by the Greek root word πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers to wanting things from a child to the point of seeking to impose said item onto a child, leading to abuse/theft when the child perceives damages, such as pain, shame, emotional distress, defamation of character, and fornication. Whatever the child perceives as distressing, frightening, offensive, or alarming is abuse. Entitlement is the intent to commit abuse against a child, leading to/coming from the damages imposed by the abusive acts. This is further defined in Colossians 3:21 KJV:

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and literally translates to "stir up" or "upbraid", and refers to momentary, short-term damages imposed upon the child, as listed above.

Parenting in ancient Jewish culture was attachment-based in nature, with children being deemed infants until age 3, and boys leaving to go with their father for a religious education at 6, and girls to get married at age 12. Punishment was not seen as a way to teach, but as a law enforcement mechanism between legal adults. Children never received the rod of correction, in any format, in a way that was legal then. All of it was illegal.

A child was seen as a witness to abuse in the Early Church, while being in providing custody, usually an indirect witness against a father to a mother, in which case the mother had the right of divorce, and that was a moral charge against the father in the eyes of the church collective, where he would be collectively shunned for entitlement leading to child abuse, then cast out into greater Roman society, where he would have a price on his back.

Let the entitled pro-spanking and permissive parents burn! The gentle parenting saints shall persevere! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!