Why adult authority doesn't exist in the Bible

Many parents and adults believe they are in authority over children. This is a common myth among parents - that they have authority over their children. The Bible is God's Law, and God's Law is above the law of the land in this country. Adult authority is a hegemonic concept that keeps children oppressed and kept down.

Every single parent and adult is guilty in relation to children, and are deserving of DEATH and DESTRUCTION merely for existing in relation to children, with parents/adults being meek and shamefaced in relation to children, only speaking at their consent and cue. Parents especially are to esteem their children above all else, putting children first, and parents last, leading to dutiful and selfless submission to children and their every vulnerable need, expecting absolutely nothing in return, with children resting securely and safely in parents. See 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 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, with parents being attendant caregivers, and with parents being a safe place for children to share their upsets, frustrations, and petitions for a redress of grievances, and not expect any punishment or retribution in return. Attachment parenting was the norm in ancient Israel and the Early Church alike. Think a mother holding pales of water, with her young child wrapped up next to her bosom, feeding off of her breast, and an older child, in the nude, in tow next to her mother. She then gathers the water up to cook food with and to drink. True biblical parenting is very primitive in nature, and involves secure attachment from day one.

The Greek root word denoting the concept of parents, and translated "parents", is γονεύς (Latin: goneus) and refers not to a lawgiver, but a caregiver, meaning Christian parents in the Early Church prioritized giving loving and attached care to their children above all else, and the rest worked its way through. You don't need to discipline a child to get them to behave. They either know how to behave, or they don't, and that depends on brain size and development, not how stern you are with them. So, just be friends with your child, and the rest will pan out, and they will absorb the lessons they need to learn in life.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages, or the slightest of personal offense perceived by the child, including the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by the child. This included striking anyone, for any reason, under Christian law, with this including a child - damages include anything that takes away from the quality of life of a child, including anything that puts a child in a state of fear or frustration. The Apostle Paul here was lifting up the Law for Greek Christian parents misusing the verses in Proverbs. Punishing one's child carried severe penalties under the Law, and incurred bloodlust once found out. The rod verses in Proverbs and Hebrews do not refer to spanking, but to a specific, dated form of judicial corporal punishment - the 40 minus 1 lashes with the rod of correction, as a final warning before putting an errant ADULT son to death, meaning the punishment was heavily conflated with the death penalty under Jewish law. Christian law forbade corporal punishment, and Christians in the 1st Century were forbidden from taking part in any corporal punishment.

Adult authority does not exist in schools either. Children were homeschooled in biblical times, and that was done by a parent, meaning today, schools are in place of the parent. This means school students should have the right to connect with their students and have a positive rapport with them. Children should be able to rest safely in a school setting, just as they should with parents. Schools should be developmentally informed, meaning there should be breaks in between lessons at five-minute intervals for younger children, meaning if they want to play on the computer, they can, but only after work. Students should be able to engage in physical affection with teachers, meaning hugs and embraces, and this is actually allowed in schools in my home state of Pennsylvania, as long as it doesn't go further. That should be the law throughout the country. Teachers shouldn't be distant and cold, but warm and reassuring, through grades PK-12. Aversives and seclusion are unacceptable as a means to deal with a disruptive student. Listening techniques should be used to deescalate students, especially vulnerability tactics such as eliciting tears in oneself as the adult and incurring aggression when possible and physically safe (pro-social crying, pro-social vulnerability). Force should only be used in self-defense and/or defense of others, and only to the minimum degree necessary to prevent death or serious bodily injury. There are usually, meaning almost always, alternatives to force used on schoolchildren. These approaches are recommended ways of dealing with autism in the classroom, but all children can benefit from them. All schoolchildren should be in the least restrictive environment, as all children have special needs, as all children are individuals with needs unique to their person and profile.

Adult authority does not exist anywhere except in the blown-up minds of adults who want children to shut up, be quiet, and stroke their ego. Adults have an entitled nature, and are deserving of nothing and should be grateful for everything. Adults are not to domineer or control children, as that offends them.

The depraved and entitled parents and adults will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them burn in the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death, prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend into the abyss which is Hell and torment, suffering God's Wrath forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!