Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.
The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers literally to stirring up children, but literally literally to the offenses under the Law, as transported to our modern lives in the New Testament as the slightest of personal slights imposed by a child. Taking false offense, however, is an offense in and of itself, if you get offended in a way that is pushy or manipulative.
You might get offended, naturally and viscerally, by a girl in 5th grade wearing a tank top and short shorts, and no undergarments, and you can just tell by the contours. But, you don't complain, as that is a bad way to feel about a child, meaning it is entitlement. Looking at a child is abuse when they perceive it as abuse, or if you form the intent to police their dress, even if that policing is sideways, meaning through gossip.
Let the sexually entitled parents burn in the lake of fire and brimstone, suffering the second death! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
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