Why the Bible prohibits punishment of children

Many parents have a punishment habit. Most parents in America use the Bible as a means of justifying the "need" to punish a child. The fact of the matter is that the Bible prohibits punishment of children, meaning all of it, as well as any controlling demeanor towards children. 

Every single parent and adult is guilty in relation to children, and is deserving of DEATH and DESTRUCTION merely for existing in relation to children, with parents/adults being obligated to be meek and shamefaced in relation to children, and with parents being shut up in the Lord. Parents especially are to be convicted of their child's every vulnerable need, putting children first, and parents last, to the point of dutiful and selfless submission to children and their every vulnerable need, expecting absolutely nothing in relation to children, with children resting safely and securely 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. This isn't a respect for parents based off of fearful compliance, but one based off of openness, honesty, and transparency, with children being able to tell parents anything and everything under the sun, including confessions of wrongdoing, expecting absolutely no punishment or reprisal in return. Parents in biblical times were seen as servants of God, meaning not authority figures, with children being in place of God. Parents were mere tools then for children to use, meaning milking-objects, and parents surely did objectify themselves in front of their children. Parents were bondservants righteously enslaved to their child's needs, serving God through their children.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or abuse, including child abuse. This refers to the slightest of offense perceived by the child, including the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by the child. In this commandment, the Apostle Paul was lifting up the Law on punishment and controlling demeanor towards children, rebuking Greek Christians who were punitive parents as per Hellenistic custom. The rod verses in Proverbs are repealed verses, as they are only relevant to the cultural and legal context to which they were written to. This is because the verses do not depict a "biblical spanking" but instead a dated form of judicial corporal punishment that was closely conflated with the death penalty in Ancient Israel - the 40 minus 1 lashes with the rod of correction, administered to an ADULT child before being put to death, after a criminal conviction in a court of law. MINOR children could not be punished under the Law for anything, as punishment required adjudication in a court of law, and minor children could not stand trial due to the age of infancy, which was conflated with the age of majority at the time.

In reality, children are pretty much only punished in the United States for developmentally appropriate behaviors understandable given their age and development. Most childish behaviors exhibited by children are phases, meaning children grow out of phases such as crying all the time, whining, pouting, and eye-rolling - behaviors that may annoy the parent, but not the child or anyone else. Crying and whining, for example, are behaviors to empathize with, alongside related behaviors such as pouting and eye-rolling.

Punishing a child for anything stunts growth. Children need to absorb the world around them, including parent and adult role models, on their own accord, not rushed by parents and the rest of society. Much of our society rushes children to be "grown up" when they are still children. A child is not a little adult - they are prone not to understand a given instruction from a parent, and prone just to do what they want to do anyway. This isn't defiance - it is the flawed nature of children.

God's Law prohibits any punishment and controlling demeanor towards children, and God's Law is above the law of the land. America is a Christian nation, founded on Judeo-Christian family values. Punishment and violence towards children are not family values. As a nation, we are learning more and more about our values, and who they include into society. We learned that slavery and Jim Crow were immoral and evil, and now, child oppression is the most pressing civil rights issue facing this nation, and nobody is talking about it, with the mainstream media silent about this extreme injustice towards society's most vulnerable. Children are the lowest among Americans, and are the most oppressed and downtrodden of peoples in this nation. Let's give children a helping hand. The hatred and oppression of children is a national emergency facing this nation.

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