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 love and grace of parents, being able to be oneself and tell parents everything and anything under the sun, including things that society deems taboo, owing nothing in return to parents, yet nonetheless showing gratitude for parents by hearing the voice of parents, understanding parental wishes on their developmental level, then heeding instructions based on imprint on a parent's voice, and not fear of punishment. This is based on Christian love for children, as denoted in the New Testament by the Greek root word αγαπαο (Latin: agapao) and refers to dutiful and selfless submission to a child as her enemy, just as mankind is the enemy of God, and is to pay due penance through bondservice to children, due to the sinful non-existence of adults in relation to capacity to harm and ignorance of such done to children, sacrificing for her every vulnerable need as Christ sacrificed for His children, lowering oneself beneath His children, devaluing oneself in relation to children by serving their needs from beneath, propping the child up, heeding to the demands of the child with supplements and provisions, with the child being in place of God, expecting absolutely nothing in return.
The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to the offenses, meaning the torts and damages imposed by the Eighth Commandment, including assault and battery laws that extend to children as well in terms of protection - striking a child was considered illegal in all respects, and that alone would get a parent excommunicated and shunned from the church community if defended in divorce court.
Attachment parenting was the norm in ancient Israel and adjoining churches. Attachment parenting is simply being friends with your child, in a close way where parent and child are instinctively and intuitively in sync with each other, with the child being comforted and welcomed by the voice of their father or mother, but especially their mother. This is how parenting was in ancient Israel. Children up to age 3 were swaddled next to their mother, with this building a bond with both parents, with fathers being fun and encouraging with children, usually in a healthy way. Most child abuse in the Old Testament not from punitive parenting, but false encouragement of sons through getting them to do unlawful things, or daughters in the form of sexual abuse. The Early Church communities had a corporal punishment/physical abuse problem that Paul was indeed cracking down on in Col. 3:21, as well as Eph. 6:4. True biblical encouragement is exemplary encouragement, meaning centering oneself in the Lord in relation to a child, and encouraging, as a challenge, older children especially to be strict with themselves, being a role model for children.
The depraved and entitled parents who are either punitive and/or permissive will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them rot and burn in the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
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