Mutual submission: Why parents and children should submit to each other

Many parents believe that children should submit to them, and that is the end of things. Most parents in this country believe in punishing children for "not heeding command" and "disrespect". However, parents and children, in the Bible, are to submit to each other, with parents submitting first. 

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 to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure trust in parents. Replace "obey" with "trust" and you come to a roughly better translation. However, this form of trust is borne out of maternal warmth and sustenance. Parents in biblical times used attachment parenting to bring up their children, with children up until adulthood being swaddled next to their parents, wrapped up in swaddling clothes while snuggling next to parents. This sort of attachment parenting lead to mutual agreement and cooperation between parent and child, with children and parents maybe disagreeing a bit, but then coming to a place of cooperation. Some bickering between parent and child is healthy, but must conclude with mutual agreement and compromise. Children struck reverent terror and fear into their parents, with God appearing in them, convicting them to submit to their child and her every need, giving up the fight with your child in a pro-social manner.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to provocations to anger, meaning any and all offenses against children, as defined as the slightest of personal offense perceived by the child, stemming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the inspired pen of the Apostle Paul, as well as the Jewish legal context of the time, to prohibit all punitive parenting of children, including spanking and other forms of punishment. Here, Paul was rebuking Greek Christian parents for their pagan and idolatrous custom of spanking children. Punishment of children was legally defensible under Roman law, but was considered a serious moral crime under Jewish law. Corporal punishment only existed in the Old Testament, and only for ADULT children, as summary punishment for a capital offense. Children were seen as too incompetent to be held legally responsible for their actions, and thus could not stand trial. Christ abolished the death penalty and all corporal punishment on the cross. 

Every single parent is deserving of DEATH and DESTRUCTION merely for existing in relation to children, with parents being convicted of their depraved and entitled sin nature, then turning themselves in and submitting to their children and their every need, knowing nothing ever again about what it is like to be a child, thus not assuming or imposing on children and their rights, with parents not expecting anything in return for their service. These good works are considered Christian love for children, being denoted by the Greek root word αγαπαο (Latin: agapao), with children submitting merely by resting in this love, not having to work for it one bit. Thus, parents and children submit to each other, in different ways, with the burden of proof being centered on the parents. The Greek root word υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) refers here to rest leading to listening and cooperation, meaning children naturally cooperate with parents when allowed to rest in their love and grace.

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! Let them descend into the Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath for all eternity! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!