Why attachment parenting is an American tradition

Many people in America read the Bible. The Bible is America's book, as we are a Christian nation founded on Judeo-Christian family values. Attachment parenting is thought of as a "new age" type parenting. But, attachment parenting is found in the Bible, thus it is an American tradition.

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 to them at their cue and consent. Parents especially are to esteem their children above all else, with parents putting children first, and themselves last, leading to dutiful and selfless submission to children and their every vulnerable need, expecting absolutely nothing in return from children or others, 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 be 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 to children, owing absolutely nothing in return to parents for being cared for. Attachment parenting was the norm in biblical times, with closeness being an ultimate short-term goal for most parents. Think a mother holding pales of water, with a young child wrapped up next to her in swaddling blankets, and another, older child in tow next to her mother in the nude. Children rested in parents in this way, as this was how parenting was in the Bible. Children should be able to be their true selves around parents, meaning parents are a safe place for the upset and frustration of children, with parents venting their every emotion and insecurity into parents.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages, or the slightest of offense perceived by the child, including the slightest of offensive touch or words perceived by the child. The Apostle Paul, in this commandment, was lifting up the Law to certain members of the Colossian church on the issue of punishing children. Punishing children, under the Law, carried severe consequences, including death by chenek (bloodletting, or hanging parents like poultry) in the Old Testament. The seven rod verses in Proverbs do not refer to spanking, but a form of judicial corporal punishment closely conflated with the death penalty in the Old Testament - the 40 minus 1 lashes with the rod of correction, as a final warning to save one's errant, offending ADULT son from death. Minor children were never whipped by anyone, and that is because anger was saved for court, and children could not stand trial for criminal offenses nor civil wrongs that they committed. The Early Church had no tradition of judicial corporal punishment for criminal offenders, nor was there a legal defense for striking a child under Christian law. Wives could be spanked, but only when they surrendered, such as to apologize for adultery, and even then, most Christian men spared the woman, following the example of Christ. Children were not bound by the Law, and so enforcing Law on them at all was seen as a misuse of anger (Matt. 5:21-22).

Attachment parenting in ancient Israel and adjoining churches was based on what we call policing attachment. Children in biblical times were demanding, and issued orders and edicts as to what they needed, and parents gave in and gave up. Children then also were known for causing mischief from time to time, playing tricks on adults, with adults laughing at the mischief of children. Children were also allowed to play high-risk games, usually those that had sexual undertones, with the most high-risk game being "marriage". Whereas, marriage was defined throughout the Bible by the contract, meaning sexual intercourse, whereas most children simply embraced when they played "marriage". Parents always supervised their children, and prevented children from having sex by way of separating the two in a supervised way, breaking up the game. Usually, games were played between siblings or relatives, and children were always naked when roaming around, as this was to show their vulnerable immaturity. Without exception, children were supervised. Children up to age 6 were in a state of intense closeness to mothers in particular, and children older than that alternated between closeness with mothers and free play with siblings and relatives. No child ever left the sight of their parents, as environmental hazards carried too big of a risk, such as scorpions and venomous snakes that could attack and kill a child, given a lack of antidotes for venomous bites. Hebrew and Christian parents alike were very careful, warm parents. This is the ancient context we draw from as a country, and though some of this parenting information is dated, much of it can be applied to day, if you know how to apply it.

This is America. We are a Christian nation, founded on Judeo-Christian family values. We have many denominations of belief here, and we must respect that, but most all of them are Christian. Nonetheless, we are constantly learning about our values. We learned during the Civil War and beforehand from abolitionists that slavery was wrong. We learned in the 1960s that segregation was wrong. Soon enough, we will include children into society as well, valuing their every opinion, and giving them lobbying power of their own. There is nothing in America's values allowing for violence against a woman or a child, and everything in the Bible prohibits the striking, menacing, or punishing of a child. America can do better than spanking children.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let then 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 that is Hell and torment, suffering God's Wrath forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!