Shielding children from blame - Why parents should protect their children

Many parents love to lay blame in parenting, and blame their child for everything. Many parents in our society do not understand the fact that children are not to blame for anything, and that part of the mutual submission doctrine between parents and children is that parents shield their children from blame until they are ready.

It says in Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well-pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children, lest they become discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers ultimately to a form of shielding on the part of the parents, and the child's response - a human shield. Picture a parent and a child in the ditch, with the parent holding the shield, and the children hiding behind the shield, clinging to mother, with father keeping watch, holding his rod and staff, comforting the children, knowing they are in good hands. Remember, parents - that shield is literally YOU, meaning YOUR reputation and YOUR livelihood. YOU are to put on everything on hold once the child enters the house from schools. Parenting is martyrdom; with parents sacrificing themselves in the spirit of Christ sacrificed on the cross, with parents taking up the cross in this regard, shielding their children from blame and scrutiny, devaluing themselves to the level of caregiver as opposed to lawmaker or lawgiver. The Greek root word υπακουο ultimately uplifts the traditional parenting of ancient Jewish culture, including 1st Century Christian culture, in which case attachment parenting was the norm then. Children went in the nude everywhere in the biblical context, and it was legal, and the reason was simple - so mothers could nourish their children with skin-to-skin contact, including while breastfeeding. Children up until age 3 were seen as infants, and were swaddled to the bosom of mothers. This goes to show how close children were to mothers especially, but also parents in general, in ancient Judeo-Christian culture. This ideal cannot be replicated fully, but skin-to-skin contact is recommended by pediatricians and child psychologists as a way to form a bond with your child early.

The Greek root word translated "parents" is γονεύς (Latin: goneus) and refers to parents as understood under ancient Jewish customary law, which was a bondservant tethered to their children, beholden to their every vulnerable need. Parents were seen as martyrs for the good of children, a human shield that is willing to be brought down and destroyed in protecting the child. Parents are to be selfless for their children, being caregivers instead of lawgivers/lawmakers, meaning devaluing themselves to a mere bondservant to their child, attending to their every need and benign request. The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθζο (Latin: erethizo) and literally translates to "stirring up" upset and resentment in children, referencing the Jewish adage "stirring the pot" regarding your child's emotional well-being, ultimately referring to the moral legal fact that the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement, is child abuse, with parental entitlement being denoted by the Greek root word πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers to wanting things from children, or wanting them to do things, leading to parents seeking to impose said want onto a child, with any offense perceived being abused. Parenting in ancient Greco-Roman was very punitive in nature, with boys receiving the cat 'o nine tails, and girls being spanked with an open hand for "unchaste" behavior. The Apostle Paul would have none of it in His churches, and issued a spanking ban handed down by God in all Christian churches, with this command also found directed to the Ephesians, and to all time. The anti-spanking verses make up a timeless command to foster secure attachment with your child, with Paul handing out parenting manuals advocating a secure bond with one's child. The amount of information in these manuals was exhaustive, and there was a whole section for pedophile fathers about channeling lusts away from a child target, and into one's own awareness. Mothers were told to snuggle with their child, providing warmth and sustenance for their child, with fathers also being involved in a loving and encouraging way, challenging older children to academic discussion as a form of homeschooling.

Children are not to blame for anything. Parents are to blame for when their children cause a disruption, because in a securely attached home, a child rarely would, meaning they'd get everything out on their parents, with parents being safe people to throw things at, throw harsh words at, and so forth. Parents in the biblical context just didn't take it personally, as they had no pride in relation to children. Mothers especially. but also fathers, were dutiful and devoted, in a doting way on their children, deifying childre and seeing them as legal extensions of God in relation to their own needs.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them burn in the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death, which is Satan's final resting place! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!