Thursday, May 20, 2021

Anger in parenting: Why imposing anger on one's children is sin

 Many people believe that a parent has the right to get angry at their child. Most parents defend mere parent anger as a way to "get across" to their children. The idea is calling your child names like "brat" or even getting angry with them is sin.

Christ says in Matthew 5:21-22 KJV:

Ye have heard that it was said of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment. But I say unto, that whosever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

What Christ, on the Sermon on the Mount, here, is referring to is extrajudicial anger, meaning anger outside of Divine Investigation. This is important because children aren't subject to the Law, and punishment of any kind was only allowed by law, by criminal conviction or other judicial order. In the Early Christian churches, corporal punishment was not a form of church discipline...Basically, child murder is evil, but when you have as much as raised your voice in hostility, it is as if you have murdered  your own child.

Christ also says in John 7:24 KJV:

Judge not by the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

The Greek root word translated "judge" and "judgment" is κρινο (Latin: krino) and is a magnet word that brings up all of the principles of justice under the Law, including the presumption of evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, the many warnings system of justice, bur also an age of infancy where a child is free of legal responsibility under Church Laws. A child had rights then, in that setup, but responsibility for actions committed by children fell on the parents. The age of infancy for males was 13, and females were subject to their husband's law among marriage, which was the same as the Law but with the wife getting breaks under the Law for dependence on the husband. In terms of childhood, this meant children were exempt from prosecution of any kind, and thus any anger towards them can be interpreted and a false interrogation. 

Parents are not to get angry with children at all, except aside of them to vent to a relative. The feeling of anger, in and of itself, isn't wrong to feel, but it is wrong to exact on another person without due process, and thus due channeling of that anger into a safe, productive line of judgment. This includes asking questions, and keep asking and pushing until you get a guilty response out of someone, and if they are entitled, shun them forever.

I don't get angry much, but when I do, it is either to vent frustration, or else directly interrogate a parent. Floorboard in the parent's face, in traumatic setup. Then, everything's worked out later, always. I am generally a very calm, understated individual, who tends to acknowledge people in syllables. I have no problem with a lengthy conversation, but I don't have much to say most of the time, and end up listening to what the other person has to say.

I am conditioned like a pro-social bowl, meaning I have a lot of stray thoughts, some that I identify with, some that I don't. Being a Christian is about submitting to the world, and especially the "least of these" such as children. It is being mindful of the rights and needs of others, such as not speaking at all in so not to disturb others in the store, and save speaking for the car. Thus, I can keep a lot of anger to myself, and be happy on the surface. I just forget about you after I kick you out of my life for being a jerk. 

The angry, entitled parents who provoke their children to anger will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

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