Friday, August 6, 2021

Why pro-social self-behaviorism is a tenet of gentle parenting

Many parents support behaviorism on the political and religious left for children. Most progressive Christians, by definition, are either pro-spanking or pro-behaviorism for children. In the progressive world that I grew up in, it was half like training a dog and half like being called into the principal's office (the latter one literally, many times). Think the rules plastered everywhere, with the consequences hung over you. That's what it is like to be raised on the left...Behaviorism should be for parents, meaning applied to themselves in the Lord.

It says in Hebrews 12:5-11 KJV: 

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth everyone who he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then ye are bastards, not sons. Furthermore we had fathers of our flesh that corrected us, and give us reverence: shall we much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits and live? For they chastened us for a few days after their own pleasure; but He for our own profit, that we may be partakers in his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous but grievous: nevertheless afterwards it yieldeth the peaceable fruit unto them which is exercised thereby.

The Greek root word describing chastisement and correction is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and refers to the chastening of the Lord, meaning self-discipline and centeredness in relation to children, in this context in a way that is listens to and validates the every vulnerable need of children. It is being self-disciplined and controlled in relation to children, usually in a reticent, shy way that allows for children to talk, or scream, or shout in joy and freedom, with parents taking on a burden, taking up the cross for their child, just as Christ took up on the cross for His children. The Greek root word translated "scourgeth" is μαστιγόω (Latin: mastigoό) and refers literally literally to a scourging with the cat o' nine tails under Roman law, literally meaning the rod of correction as a form of punitive nostalgia, but only towards oneself as a parent, if anything in family values besides being a husband. It is "cracking the whip" one one's own back, punishing oneself for one's own flaws and faults as a parent, centering one's parental aggression by turning it inwards. It is charring oneself in relation to children in relation to oneself, then purifying yourself of sin with the gratitude of good works. The gratitude from good works is what vs. 11 refers to, meaning parenting is hard, and grievous, but it all is rewarding in the end.

Heb. 12:5-11 is NOT an excuse for any sort of child abuse, including even lawful corporal punishment, as the biblical context clearly points to a prohibition of all corporal punishment of children on this earth. It says in Ephesians 6:1-4 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor thy father and mother, for this is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live 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 discipline and self-control in a parent, of the specific type that serve as a shelter for children, and their true emotions, simply listening and validating to their every emotion and upset, with parents being safe people for a child's emotions, no matter how big or small, with parents chastening themselves up in the Lord. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) meaning the admonition of the Lord, meaning God's loving reproof. God's loving reproof should be rare, and like a nudge to the child to set them in the right direction, meaning usually a denial of requests such as "no". Otherwise, children have complete and total freedom to be themselves in relation to parents, fearing no punishment or reprisal from them. This is weighed by the Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is παροργίζο (Latin: parorgizo) and refers to the offenses in the legal context of the Bible, meaning the torts and damages under the Law, namely the assault and battery laws, repeated and summed up in the New Testament as the slightest of offense perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. This is rewarded by the Greek root word denoting obedience, which is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure rest and trust in the love and grace of parents, meaning being able to be oneself in relation to parents, and confide anything into parents, owing nothing in relation to them, yet nonetheless showing gratitude by hearing the voice of parents, understanding based on developmental capacity, and then children listening to parents not based on fear of punishment or control, but the familiarity and reassurance of a parent's voice, meaning voice imprint and not punishment of any kind. It is like a slight, gentle tug or pull to keep you safe, where you rest in the fact that you are being corrected, not fear at all, and can correct your parents when you feel the need to in terms of how they provide. 

Behaviorism is a biblical concept, but only when self-applied. Behaviorism is focusing on behaviors as a form of teaching, not so much the emotions that guide them. Parents in biblical times actually were strict with themselves, meaning mothers in particular were completely selfless. Today, parents should, when they feel like punishing, controlling, or sexually objectifying children with their actions, do the opposite of what they feel like, in a way that chars oneself as the parent, in relation to one's child and oneself, and then purifying oneself of sin guilt by doing good works for children, and then feeling grateful afterwards for your own good works of care, support, and protection to children.

The depraved and entitled parents will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them BURN and SUFFER 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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