What is religious entitlement in parenting

America is a religious country, not by enactment of law but by tradition. You will find a plethora of denominations, many with very valid beliefs. However, religious child abuse is a common issue in America, and it stems not from religion itself most of the time, but religious entitlement.

It says in Exodus 20:17 KJV:

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's

The Hebrew word translated "covet" is לחמוד (Latin: lachmod) and refers not only to wanting things from children, but wanting them to the point of seeking to impose said want onto a child, leading to theft/abuse. The Greek root word cross-referencing this commandment in the New Testament is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektes) and refers to the entitled, prideful attitude of "I am the parent, and I have the right to have my child believe like me", leading to demanding, controlling, punitive, or sexually violent behavior surrounding the imparting and teaching of any religious tradition whatsoever. This entitlement leads to theft, which we refer to in modern children's rights terminology as abuse. It says in Ephesians 6:4 KJV:

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

The Greek root word translated "nurture" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and refers to the chastening of the Lord, meaning self-behaviorism, punishing yourself for transgressions and attempted transgressions against your child, taking note of the command in 1 Thess. 5:22 to shun all evil, and avoid situations where evil appears to you. The idea is to use this commandment to shun all entitled and wicked views of your child, meaning perhaps adult anger or sexual desire (pedophilia). This is basically co-regulation, meaning shunning all these attitudes of entitlement towards children, and at the same time being there to listen to and validate a child's upset, leading to them being strict on themselves like you, as a parent, are strict on yourself. A broken will means the child, especially as they gets older, means the child broke their will to sin by going by the loving and gentle example of her parents, wanting to improve herself without punishment or control. Perhaps there was some Bible study as a tradition, with the child not listening in fear, but it being seen as a fun activity that the child - an elective course. All religious education should be of the child's choice. Fathers in the Early Christian church used Socratic methods to pass down the faith to the next generation, meaning allowing children to question what they were taught, and for fathers to meet a question with a question to make the child think, and explore avenues of scriptural research on their own. 

The Greek root word translated "admonition" refers to the admonition of the Lord, and is denoted by the Greek root word νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and refers to setting boundaries and limits for children, namely the word "no" and its various variants. In a good Christian home, the word "no" should be rare, with parents letting a lot go due to immaturity, and/or children cooperating more due to an improved parent-child relationship. The admonition of the Lord is balanced by the Greek root word translated "provoke...to wrath" is παροργιζο (Latin: parorgizo) and literally translates to "exacerbate" and is one of the Greek words in the New Testament that refer to legal damages under the Law, meaning the slightest of personal slights, stemming from entitled intent. This can include forcing a child to believe in religion of any kind, usually enforced by punishment, control, or intrusive supervision of some kind. 

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger through punishment or permissiveness will not inherit the Kingdom of God, as is the case with those that defame God in their representation to children as parents. Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!