Pro-social child worship, pro-social discipline: Tenets of good parenting practices

Many parents in the United States abuse their children, meaning most do. 94% of parents commit domestic battery against their children, and 70% of Americans approve of it. The reality is that the Bible commands that parents worship their children.

It says in Matthew 25:45-46 KJV:

Then shall he answer them on the right hand, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto the least of these, ye did it not unto me. But these shall go into eternal punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

The "least of these" means any marginalized, vulnerable, or oppressed class, and surely included children in Christ's day, and in the Early Christian churches. 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 "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest in the care, protection, and support of parents, being able to be one's true self as a parent, being able to tell or confide into parents anything, owing parents absolutely nothing in return, but nonetheless listening to parents, not out of fear but out of trust. This trust and obedience stems from Christian love for a child, meaning submission to the every vulnerable need of a child, knowing one cannot ever more understand what it is like to be a child, expecting absolutely nothing in return, with the child in place of God.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" and refers to the Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and literally translates to "stir up" and refers to the offenses in the Bible, meaning the torts and damages under the Mosaic Law, namely assault and battery laws, which did apply to children as well then. In the New Testament, this is summed up by the slightest of personal slights perceived by the child.

Children were seen as next to God in the Early Church, meaning the Law implied that your fellow man is an extension of God, with the least being the greatest in terms of veracity, with children being the most persecuted people in all of history, thus children being seen as an extension of God, and whatever you do to a child, you do for God. Children aren't literally God, but when you abuse a child, God takes it as personally as if it were the case. That is how the ancient Hebrew parents saw their children.

Parents were expected to be disciplined first, then the child. 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 parents should be disciplined, chastened up, and centered in relation to their child, in a way that allows for listening to the upset and frustration of children. This is known as co-regulation. Regulate yourself next to your child, as if she were God issuing orders with said orders being what the child needs. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and refers to the admonition of the Lord, meaning merely the word "no" or its various variants, every once and a while to set a boundary. Text referring to provocations to anger, like in Col. 3:21, refer to the offenses, and whatever a child finds offensive on a visceral, sensory level.

Parenting was attachment-based, meaning obedience in the contextual biblical sense was closeness to parents, including freedom to share emotions, even in the form of tantrums and defiance, to parents, and parents listened and validated upset. The relationship is much like the relationship a therapist has with their client, meaning the humanistic type of therapist who listens to and validates the emotions of the child, like a sounding board, only giving advice when specifically requested unless absolutely lifesaving. Attachment parenting is not about forced closeness with a child, but forced self-discipline of parents, meaning God makes them by convicting their depraved hearts. It is a warm type of centeredness towards children, meaning you let them under your wing, and listen to their upsets instead of punishment.

The depraved and entitled parents will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them burn! Let them suffer eternal torment and languish in the lake of fire and brimstone, which is the second death! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!