Avoiding religious entitlement as a Christian parent: Why not to be pushy about Bible study (non-punitive strategies)

Many parents in this country are religious, meaning most. Most get it wrong about teaching Christianity to children, meaning they punish children for not following certain legalistic commands from parents concerning religion. Religious child abuse is more common than you'd think, meaning most abuse in this country, including mine, has a religious component.

The Greek root word denoting entitlement in the New Testament is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers to the entitled attitude of "I am the parent, and I have the right to my child believing as I do" leading to seeking to impose said attitude onto a child, showing as demanding, controlling, or punitive behavior, leading to offense taken by the child at some level. It says in Ephesians 6:1-4 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor thy father and mother, as this is the first commandment with; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long upon the earth. 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 self-control and self-discipline in parents, coming from a place of self-behaviorism, meaning char and tar oneself as a parent for things one might do to one's child ahead of time, then purify oneself in the gratitude of the fact that you abstained from harming your child, being calm as children are upset or frustrated, bearing the brunt of the emotions of children. This also refers to an exemplary form of biblical teaching, where you have religious discussions with spouses, family, and/or friends, within earshot of a child, discussing one's values around a child, with such religious and family values in the atmosphere for the child to absorb and then hopefully ask questions, leading to religious discussion through Socratic reasoning. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and refers to the admonition of the Lord, meaning the word "no" and its various variants. Education and training in terms of religious instruction of a child involve God's loving reproach, meaning nurturing children by self-controlled example in the Lord, and then reproving your child gently but firmly when they do something clearly wrong, while ignoring most behaviors as developmentally appropriate, moving them around righteously for their own safety when absolutely necessary to avert death or serious bodily injury. 

This is all weighed by the Greek root word παροργιζο (Latin: parorgizo) which translates to "provoke...to anger" and refers to provoking children to anger, but would have been interpreted then as any offense committed against a child, meaning the slightest of offense perceived by the child, which can include, by extension of understanding, offense in terms of personal touch, or non-consensual touch to a child's person, with an open hand, a fist, or an weapon or other misused object. Assault and battery laws existed then, and children had full protection from being struck under the Law. This also includes any punishment in the name of God or religion. The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to providing custody, meaning parents were selfless caregivers and servants to their children, and children rested in such providing custody, with parents supplying the every demand of their child in terms of needs and benign wants, being able to be oneself with parents, telling them absolutely everything, owing absolutely nothing in relation to children, yet nonetheless with children showing gratitude and thanksgiving for parents by listening to their voice, being reassured to their voice to the point of letting parents gently nudge the child out of harm's way.

Attachment parenting was the norm in ancient Israel and adjoining churches, with parents supplying the every demand of children. Religious instruction was a thing, but was a traditional interest in boys in particular, but also some girls in the Early Christian context, meaning children were lovingly encouraged by fathers to teach by way of Socratic reasoning, meaning asking questions in response to questions from children, to start developmentally-appropriate religious discussion and thinking, meaning much of the study of Scripture in the Bible of children was on their own, not with parents hovering over and controlling them.

The depraved and entitled parents will BURN! Corporal punishment and other forms of punishment in the name of God shall not exist within the several United States and territories, and if you identify with punishing and controlling a child, including through a glorified title, you shall not exist, but since murder is wrong, a prison cell is good enough. Kill every parent, validate every victim, with "kill" meaning arrest, and "parent" meaning pro-spanking parent. Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!