Attachment parenting in the Bible: Why God wants parents to be attachment parents

Many parents think the Bible commands punitive parenting such as spanking or otherwise punishing a child. This is a common view among American parents. Most American parents do not get their parenting information from scientific sources, but instead religious sources. There are a lot of religious sources that spew out bad information on parenting. However, the fact of the matter is that the most accurate and evidence-based of religious sources condemn all forms of punitive parenting, as the biblical context itself instead endorses attachment parenting. Attachment parenting is the most time-tested and time-honored method of parenting, and any values system, including the Judeo-Christian sort, can be taught with attachment parenting.

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, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, sacrificing for their children, just as Christ sacrificed for His children, with children being a Godhead for parents to serve, with children resting securely in this submission. Parents are the enemy of children, just as mankind is the enemy of God, and is to be subservient to them just as they are to Him.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by the child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by the child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any form of punishment or controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children too many times. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen as holding a child hostage merely for things they did wrong. Paul here was lifting up this legal context to a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and thus opposed any and all punishment of a child. Most Jewish men of his time held that view, as did the women. Paul, here, was lifting up the Law in order to educate Greek and Roman parent newcomers to the Christian Church about proper Jewish parenting, which was attachment-based in nature.

Attachment parenting was the norm in Ancient Jewish culture, including the Early Church. The Early Christians, as well as their Jewish predecessors, practiced a specific, distinct form of attachment parenting where children were deified. Children were worshipped and venerated in biblical times as extensions of God, being seen as gods and goddesses, with children being viewed by the ancients as holy and angelic. Most parents, in biblical times, wanted to be seen as spoiling or pampering their children, in a deifying way, with children being seen as little gods and goddesses deserving of the love and warmth of parents. Children were extensions of God in that they issued lawful and binding orders to their parents in order to petition for their every vulnerable need, with the every cry and demand from children being a lawful and binding order. Parents had no recourse to issue lawful and binding orders of their own. Children could take their parents to court, and by that time, the case had already been decided in favor of the child. Parents could not countersue when sued at law by their children, and thus they had to bear the full brunt of the law.

Children, in biblical times, wore no clothing, at all, until adulthood. Women only wore clothing outside of the home, and otherwise, went in the nude to serve both their husbands and their children, separately. Mothers served their children by providing nourishment and sustenance, namely breastmilk (until age 3) and skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy. The central focus of Christian attachment parenting then was skin-on-skin co-sleeping, where children snuggled up next to mothers at night, with both parties in the nude, with children being safe and secure in skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy next to mothers. During the day, mothers would co-snuggle with a crying child in skin-on-skin format, in order to soothe the child. Otherwise, children ranged next to mothers, naturally following her around like goslings follow a mother goose. 

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

Why crying is not bad behavior in children

All parents have had to deal with a crying child. Most parents think that a crying child is deserving of punishment. Crying is a common reason for punishment for children. Most parents in America believe that crying is a way for children to "undermine parental authority". The fact of the matter is that all children cry for the same reason an infant cries - they need love!

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, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, sacrificing for their children, just as Christ sacrificed for His children, with children being a Godhead for parents to serve, with children resting safely and securely in the submission of parents. Parents are the enemy of children, just as mankind is the enemy of God, with parents being subservient to them just as they are to Him, expecting absolutely nothing in return.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishment or controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children too many times. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen then as holding your child hostage for things they did wrong. Paul here was lifting up this legal context to a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child. Most every Jewish man and woman of his time did oppose child punishment. Paul here was educating Greek and Roman newcomers to the Christian Church about proper Jewish parenting customs, which were attachment-based then. The Early Christian church communities were considered a sect of Judaism back in the 1st Century, and Jewish parenting measures that were gentle and warm in nature were ingrained into church tradition then.

Never scold a crying child. Children in biblical times, when they cried, were seen very differently than crying children were seen today. Children who cried then did so to communicate a need, including attachment needs such as attention. Children have five basic categories of needs; food, water, shelter, transportation, and attachment - and the greatest of all of them is attachment. Children's cries were seen in biblical times as the child petitioning parents for a valid need, not as a child "challenging parental authority". There is always a reason why a child is crying. They never cry for no reason, even if they appear to. If anything, they need loving attention. They always need something when they cry, so give them what they need, instead of punishing them. This is how children were dealt with in biblical times when they cried...The context contained herein is applicable for all time, without any changes necessary.

Children, in biblical times, wore no clothing, at all, until they were adults. Women then only wore clothing when outside the home, otherwise going in the nude in order to serve their husbands or their children, separately. Mothers served their children by providing for them nourishment and sustenance, namely breastmilk (until age 3) and skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy. Children were reassured in biblical times with skin-on-skin co-snuggling. Children snuggled next to mothers in the nude, with the skin-to-skin contact leading to reassurance and the stoppage of tears, usually within minutes, and then children could talk about what they needed from parents.

The biblical context can be replicated today by mothers by way of the mothers wearing a shirt or blouse with a low neckline, not to please men, but to please their child. When a child is crying, hold them close to your bosom, with older children going head first into the bosom. This area of the mother's body wasn't intended for men to gawk at, but for mothers to nurture their children. There are nerve endings on the bosom of mothers and on the bodies of children that allow for instant reassurance when a child is held to the bosom of a mother. Mothers can expect crying to stop in about 1-2 minutes, and then you can have a talk with your child about what upset them.

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

Pro-social self-loathing: Why parental entitlement is to be avoided

Many parents think that they should have inherent rights just for being a parent. Most parents in America hate the concept of children's rights because it violates the rights of parents. All of this comes from a self-righteous attitude of many adults. The fact of the matter is that adults need to change, not children, and that means all of us as adults, without exception. We need to learn to hate our depraved and decadent sin nature.

It says in Romans 3:9-12 KJV:

What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved that both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

This passage was written to Roman Christians in the 1st Century, with the Roman Christians becoming prideful and self-righteous in their beliefs in Christianity. The Roman Christians thought that they were the righteous ones just for being Christians. The Apostle Paul was rebuking the Roman Christians on their sense of self-pride and self-entitlement. Today, this passage is a reflection of how God views humanity. God hates us all, so much that He doesn't want us to even exist in relation to Him. By default, all human beings are marked for deletion. Only a few human beings are marked for salvation, with the rest condemned to their fate which is the second death, with that second death being the Hell of fire and torment. God hates us as a species especially because of the one-sided incursions from adult-kind onto child-kind. We as a species are guilty for how we have treated the smallest and most vulnerable of our species since time immemorial.

The Greek root word denoting entitlement, including parental entitlement, in the New Testament, and cross-referencing the Tenth Commandment, is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers to, officially speaking, wanting things from children, to the point of imposition. Unofficially speaking, this word refers to wanting things from children, period. It is not good to want anything from children as depraved and decadent adults, but since we all want things from children from time to time, it is good to ask politely and appropriately, accepting when children do not give us what we want, not throwing a temper tantrum because of children not giving us what we want. We as adults are depraved and decadent sinners in relation to children deserving of absolutely nothing from children, and are to be grateful for absolutely everything children bring us, namely joy and happiness. 

Parental entitlement is dealt with specifically in the Bible, and is dealt with in offense format. It says in Colossians 3:21 KJV:

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and was understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishment or controlling demeanor towards a child. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children too many times. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen then as holding your child hostage merely for things they did wrong. Paul here was lifting up this legal context to a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular belief, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of children. Paul, here, was lifting up the Law in order to educate Greek and Roman newcomers to the Christian Church about the attachment parenting traditions of the Christian Church.

I, as the adult that I am, am a depraved and decadent sinner deserving of absolutely nothing. I am deserving of absolutely nothing from children especially, as children owe me nothing. Children are extensions of God called to rule over me, and they rule over me while striking reverent fear and terror in my sinful heart. I am an entitled adult and entitled victim who is deserving of absolutely nothing from children. I am grateful for the forgiveness children have afforded me due to my sexually entitled acts towards them, as I am deserving of none of it. I am deserving of everything hateful and resentful from children, and nothing good and respectful from a child.

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

How to teach Judeo-Christian family values - without spanking or punishment

Many parents want to teach children traditional Judeo-Christian family values. This is a common wish among American parents. Most American parents, however, think that teaching family values to children requires punishment or force. The fact of the matter is that the Bible commands attachment parenting. You can teach any values system using attachment parenting, as attachment parenting is the most time-honored and time-tested method of bringing up and instructing children.

The Greek root word that sums up Judeo-Christian family values denotes Christian love in the New Testament, and is αγαπαο (Latin: agapao) and refers to prioritizing your neighbor first, and yourself last, in terms of priority of needs, to the point of dutiful and selfless submission to your neighbor. True Love does not come from a place of pride or desire, but instead comes from a place of conviction, where you come to the knowledge that you are a depraved and decadent sinner deserving of absolutely nothing, leading to the sinner paying due penance by serving his/her neighbor selflessly and dutifully, expecting absolutely nothing in return. All Christian family values are hinged on this very concept. Mutual submission is the doctrine that a Christian society should live by, where man and woman submit to each other, and where adult and child submit to each other, with the greater one in the equation holding the burden of proof.

These sort of values should be modeled to a child. However, every good example needs to be backed up by something. Punitive parenting just doesn't do the trick, as it drives children away from good family values modeled to them, and alienates them from the parents who seek to teach such values. Christian attachment parenting is the only way. 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. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, sacrificing for their children, just as Christ sacrificed for His children, serving children as the Godhead that they are, with children resting in said sacrifice of parents. Parents are the enemy of children, just as mankind is the enemy of God, with parents being subservient to them just as they are to Him, expecting absolutely nothing in return from children or others. 

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishment or controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children too many times. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen as holding a child hostage merely for things they did wrong. Paul was lifting up this legal context to a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child. Paul, here, was lifting up the Law in order to educate Greek and Roman newcomers to the Christian Church about the attachment parenting traditions of the Christian Church, which was the Jewish norm then, with the Christian Church then being considered a sect of Judaism.

Attachment parenting was the established norm in Ancient Jewish culture, including the Early Christian church communities. The Early Christians, and their Jewish predecessors, practiced a specific form of attachment parenting that deified children. Children were worshipped and venerated as extensions of God, with children being pampered by the ancients as miniature gods and goddesses, being viewed as angelic and holy. It was fashionable for parents in the Early Church and elsewhere in Jewish society to be seen as spoiling and pampering their children. Children could issue lawful and binding orders, and parents were forced to comply with such orders, not being able to countersue due to the youthful inexperience of children as defined under the Law. Children could cast righteous judgment onto their parents for however they were treated or mistreated, with children having the ability to take parents to court, and by that time, it had already being decided in favor of the child, every single time.

Children, in biblical times, wore no clothing, at all, until they were adults. Women only wore clothing outside the home, and otherwise, went in the nude in order to serve both their husbands and their children, separately. Mothers served their children by way of providing nourishment and sustenance, namely breastmilk (until age 3) and skin-to-skin comfort and intimacy. The core aspect of Christian attachment parenting is skin-on-skin co-sleeping, where the child sleeps next to the mother in the nude, with the two situated in skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy. By day, children ranged next to mothers, occasionally clinging to mothers for shelter and refuge, and other times co-snuggling next to mothers for comfort and reassurance. Comforting any child was seen in biblical times as the same as how comforting an infant is seen today.

How does all this attachment parenting teach children Judeo-Christian family values. Christian attachment parenting wins over children to our values as a nation. It wins over children by making them want to be like parents, with parents being a role model imparting Judeo-Christian family values. Teaching children good values only works if there is a good rapport between parent and child, meaning children want to be like parents, and thus look up to parents for guidance and instruction. Most of this instruction is exemplary in nature, meaning parents should simply be a good role model for family values, and the rest should play out on its own.

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

Pro-social deification, pro-social child worship: Why biblical culture was child worshipping culture

Many parents go by what they think is the biblical context as a means of trying to understand how to parent properly. Most American parents have heard at least something about the biblical context, and it likely is false. A common thread that parents hear about is child labor, and children being whipped with rods, treated like property. This isn't how the ancients saw their children, and this isn't how the ancients treated their children. Children in biblical times got the royal treatment, with Ancient Jewish culture, including the Early Church, being a child worshipping society.

Jesus Christ said in Matthew 25:45-46 KJV:

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.

This refers to Christian love for the most vulnerable in society, which was understood then as including children, with children being implied in the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats as the most maligned and oppressed in Ancient Jewish society, meaning they were the most vulnerable in society. Love for children was an adversarial love, with adults convicted as being the enemy of children, just as mankind is the enemy of God, with parents being subservient to them just as they are to Him, with children being an extension of God convicting parents and other adults with their vulnerability. There is a list of those that constitute the "least of these" earlier in the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats, but that list was seen then as limited to what Christ's Jewish society was neglecting on in terms of caring for the vulnerable. Jewish society then was already convicted that children deserved charitable treatment.

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, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, sacrificing for their children, just as Christ sacrificed for His children, with children resting in the sacrifice of parents as a Godhead to serve. Parents are the enemy of children, just as mankind is the enemy of God, and parents are to be subservient to them as they are to Him, expecting absolutely nothing in return from children or others, with children resting in the due submission from parents. 

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by the child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by the child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral stature prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishment or controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, for punishing their children too many times. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen as holding your child hostage merely for things they did wrong. Paul here was lifting up this legal context to a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child. Paul, here, was lifting up the Law in order to educate Greek and Roman newcomers to the Christian Church about how Jewish law prohibited all forms of punishment or controlling measures in parenting as extortion.

Attachment parenting was the established form of parenting in Ancient Jewish culture, including the Early Church. The Early Christians and their Jewish predecessors practiced a specific, distinct form of attachment parenting where children were deified. Children were worshipped and venerated in biblical times as extensions of God, with parents being convicted of their sin nature by the vulnerability of children. Whatever you did for children, you did for God. Whatever you didn't do for children, you didn't do for God. Children could issue lawful and binding orders to their parents, with parents unable to issue lawful and binding orders of their own. If parents did not obey the lawful and binding orders of children, children could take them to court, and once that happened, the children always prevailed. Parents could not countersue in court, as children were too young to be held legally culpable for moral wrongs of theirs. Children could judge their parents righteously, as they were seen as extensions of God, and parents feared the judgment of their children, and thus obeyed God through the demands of their children.

Children, in biblical times, didn't wear any clothing, at all, until they were adults. Women only wore clothing outside the home, and otherwise, went in the nude in order to serve their husbands and their children, separately. Mothers served their children by providing nourishment and sustenance, namely breastmilk (until age 3) and skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy. The core aspect of Christian attachment parenting is skin-on-skin co-sleeping, with mothers and children sleeping next to each other come nighttime. During the day, children ranged next to mothers, sometimes clinging to her, with mothers and children periodically co-snuggling in skin-to-skin format. Serving children in this way was seen as the same as serving God, as children were seen as instruments of God designed to convict parents and other adults of their role in providing for the "least of these".

As the adult that I am, I am a depraved and decadent sinner who is deserving of absolutely nothing from a child. Children are extensions of God, and are deserving of everything I can give them. Usually, all they need is for me to leave them alone. Children are holy and angelic, and they owe me absolutely nothing. I am deserving of absolutely nothing from them. Adults are depraved and decadent sinners deserving of absolutely nothing from children, and I am one of them.

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

Why co-sleeping is crucial for the secure parent-child bond

Co-sleeping is sleeping next to your child as they go to sleep. Many parents believe that co-sleeping is the irresponsible choice to make as a parent. This is a common opinion among American parents. Most American parents oppose co-sleeping as a means of forming a secure parent-child bond. However, co-sleeping fosters that secure bond between parent and child, and has not been shown in legitimate scientific study to lead to any harm. In fact, co-sleeping saves lives, and prevents abuse such as child sexual abuse from occurring in the home.

Attachment parenting is the way of the ancients, and is enshrined in the Bible. 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. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, sacrificing for their children, just as Christ sacrificed for His children, with children resting as the Godhead in the family home. Parents are the enemy of children, just as mankind is the enemy of God, and are to be subservient to children just as they are to God, expecting absolutely nothing in return from children or others.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punishment and controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children too many times. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen then as holding a child hostage merely for things they did wrong. Paul here was lifting up this legal context to a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child. Paul, here, was educating Greek and Roman newcomers to the Christian Church of the proper Jewish parenting traditions of the church, which were attachment parenting in nature.

It is common knowledge that many 2-6 year old children refuse to go to sleep on their own at night. Many parents think that children are just being defiant for the sake of being defiant when they do that. The fact of the matter is that children under a certain age have a primal fear of being isolated in a room away from their mother. This is due to the threat of predation that existed in biblical times, stemming from both human and non-human sources. One form of such predation that exists today is child sexual abuse. Most child sexual abuse occurs within a family home environment, when a child is isolated in a room or crib within a room. Fathers in biblical times had parent attraction to their children, due to the egalitarian nature of the parenting, and so mothers kept children safe by sleeping next to them. The mother was right there with the child, and so nothing could happen to them. Today, mothers can sleep next to their children, not only to make children feel safe, but also to ensure the safety of their children from child sexual predators. Child sexual abuse is usually committed by a parent or parent figure in the home, not by a stranger on the street, and it is usually a father or father figure. If mothers co-slept next to their children, none of that abuse that did occur could have occurred...The context contained herein is applicable today just as it was in biblical times.

Many medical and mental health professionals that serve children do not recommend co-sleeping, due to "sleep dependence". Sleep dependence is a myth perpetuated by medical and mental health professionals serving children, based on scant and limited research into parenting. Psychohistory tells a different story on co-sleeping. Children in biblical times who slept next to their mothers generally did so for the first 6 years of their lives, and after that, shook off the nighttime closeness of their mothers, and sought to sleep on their own, as part of a start in proving their independence to their parents. Children want to grow up on their own, but only at their own pace. You cannot expect a 3-year-old to want to sleep in their own bed, on their own. It just isn't realistic, as 3-year-olds are going to act like 3-year-olds no matter how much you try to control them and motivate them to sleep on their own...The context contained herein is applicable today just as it was in biblical times.

Children, in biblical times, wore no clothing, at all, until adulthood. Women only wore clothing when outside the home, and otherwise, went in the nude in order to serve both their husbands and their children, separately. Mothers served their children by way of providing nourishment and sustenance, namely breastfeeding (until age 3) and skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy. The central focus of Christian attachment parenting is skin-on-skin co-sleeping. Mothers and children rested next to each other by night, snuggling in their homes, going to sleep in skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy with each other. Co-sleeping was the core way parents and children bonded with each other. Therefore, co-sleeping is crucial for the secure bond between parent and child...The context contained herein is applicable today just as it was in biblical times, albeit perhaps with some tweaking.

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

Christian attachment parenting: Why true Christian parenting is attachment parenting

Many parents want to raise their children as was done in the Bible. Unfortunately, many websites and books misrepresent the biblical context in relation to parenting. Christian parenting is any parenting done with a Christian bias. Christian attachment parenting is attachment parenting with a Christian bias, knowing that attachment parenting was the established norm in biblical times. 

Christian attachment parenting is commanded in the Bible, in the form of mutual submission. 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, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, sacrificing for their children, just as Christ sacrificed for His children, with children resting as a Godhead for parents to serve. Parents are the enemy of children, just as mankind is the enemy of God, with parents being subservient to children just as they are to God, expecting absolutely nothing in return from parents or others. 

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by the child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by the child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and was understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishment or controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children too many times. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen then as holding a child hostage merely for things they did wrong. Paul here was lifting up the Law for a group of Greek Christians who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child. Paul, here, was educating Greek and Roman newcomers to the Christian Church about proper Jewish parenting, which was attachment based in nature. The Early Christians were considered a sect of Judaism in the 1st Century, and thus Jewish parenting custom - which called for attachment parenting - became church tradition. There was never any punitive parenting norm among the Early Christians, and the Early Christians were persecuted largely for their "soft" parenting, in the eyes of the Greco-Roman beholder.

In Ancient Jewish culture, including the Early Church, attachment parenting was the established norm. The Early Christians practiced a specific, distinct form of attachment parenting that deified children. Children were worshipped and venerated in biblical times as extensions of God. Whatever you did for children, you did for God. Whatever you refused to do for children, you refused to do for God. Children convicted the sinful hearts of parents and other adults with their vulnerability. Children could issue a lawful and binding order to parents demanding righteously what they needed from parents, and parents had no other choice to either hand over what the child needed, or say "no" reassuringly. Children, if abused, could take their parents to court, and if it got to that point, the children always prevailed. Parents could not countersue against charges brought forth by their minor children, as children were sacrosanct under the Law, as they were learning the Law, and if you are a child still learning the Law, you are not bound by it until the completion of your religious education. Children were seen either as royalty to cater to, or else as angelic beings that could do no wrong, even as they were doing things wrong.

Children, in biblical times, wore no clothing, at all, until they were adults. Women didn't wear clothing except when outside the home, and otherwise, went in the nude in order to serve both their husbands and their children. Mothers served their children by way of providing nourishment and sustenance, namely breastfeeding (until age 3) and skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy. The central focus of Christian attachment parenting was skin-on-skin co-sleeping, with mother and child sleeping next to each other come bedtime. During the day, children ranged close to mothers, never leaving her sight, sometimes clinging to her, with infants and toddlers regularly feeding from their mother's breasts throughout the day.

Christian attachment parenting is about emulating the attachment parenting context of the Bible. The parenting context of the Bible is undecidedly in favor of attachment parenting. Children were offered a Christian example to emulate, and were given every reason to take after their parents' example by way of the warmth and comfort given by their parents. When children are given warmth and love from their parents, they want to be like their parents and follow in their footsteps. Nourishment and sustenance always win children over to your family values, far more than striking or punishing a child. In biblical times, parents catered to children in order to win them over, giving them comfort and nourishment, serving as the enemy of children, expecting absolutely nothing in return. Christian attachment parenting is attachment parenting in the way that the Ancient Jews, including the Early Christians, raised their children.

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

How to teach sexual purity to children - without punishment or shaming

Many parents want their children to learn the Christian teaching of sexual purity. The teaching of sexual purity is a part of our Christian heritage as a country, and is a national norm around the country. Most parents want their children to hear this message. A few parents on the political and social left have given up, and allow their children to have "safe sex". However, no sex is safe unless it is within the bounds of a lawfully-ordained Christian marriage between an adult man and an adult woman.

It says in 1 Corinthians 6:18 KJV:

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

The Greek root word translated "fornication" is πορνεία (Latin: porneia) and most literally translates to "outside of proper channels". Sexual relations were regulated in biblical times by the church authorities, and marriage, as a contract, was a license for a man to lawfully have sexual relations with a woman. Otherwise, sexual relations between individuals was outlawed, and was seen as a form of impurity and uncleanness. Men in particular who committed fornication were seen as unclean until the even, and thus sexually impure, and were judged as the lowest in the lake of fire which is Hell. Fornication was seen as a sin worse than murder, and along the lines of blasphemy.

Masturbation, contrary to popular belief about the Bible, was not stigmatized in biblical times. The Greek root word denoting lust in the New Testament is επιθυμέω (Latin: epithumeo) and refers not to ordinary sexual desire, but to sexual desire to the point of taking the first steps to approach a woman for sexual or flirtation purposes. When the approach of a man is perceived by a woman, that is what constitutes fornication under Divine Codified Jurisprudence. It is okay to look the look, or think the think. It just is not okay to approach the approach, or do the deed. Masturbation in the privacy of one's own room is the safest sex any child or teenager can have, and it is the only form of sex God approves for the them. Pornography was prohibited as masturbation material, as God hates the mere existence of pornography. Pornography that was on the person was confiscated as contraband, with the person possessing the depictions being questioned as to where they received the pornography. Pornography possession itself is not a mortal offense, but children were taught to hate pornography. Solo masturbation without pornography was the only acceptable outlet to childhood sexual desires, and was encouraged from very young. When a child was caught using pornography, parents redirected the child towards masturbation without pornography, and then asked them where they got the depictions.

Punishing a child for their sexuality is a moral crime against the child him/herself. See Colossians 3:21 KJV:

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including punishment and controlling demeanor towards a child. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children too many times. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen then as holding a child hostage merely for things they did wrong. Paul here was lifting up the Law for a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child. Paul, here, was educating Greek and Roman newcomers to the Christian Church about proper Jewish parenting, which was attachment-based then. The Early Christians were considered a sect of Judaism back in the 1st Century. Jewish parenting, then and now, was attachment-based, and has been traditionally warm and loving. 

Children played freely in biblical times, albeit with supervision at all times. Much of the play in biblical times would be considered high-risk by today's standards. One game children played then was "marriage", where boys and girls pretend-played a Jewish wedding. Children, in biblical times, wore no clothing, at all, until adulthood. The final sealing of a marriage contract in biblical times was a signature on the dotted line which was sexual intercourse. Most children just embraced each other to symbolize the consummation of a marriage. When a boy attempted to penetrate a girl, parents were right there, and separated the two. But, instead of punishing or shaming their children, they reassured their children that they would get a chance to have sex, someday, when they were married. 

Parents in biblical times didn't punish or shame their children for their sexuality, but instead encouraged abstinence and delayed gratification. Parents, when children did have sex or attempt to have sex, separated children and redirected them towards masturbation, reassuring them that they would be able to have sex legitimately someday, with a wife or husband that they loved. The two acronyms that describe how parents in biblical times kept children from having sex are pro-social separation and pro-social redirect. Children were redirected towards masturbation every time they attempted to have sex with a peer or an adult, after being separated by parents. Parents also supervised children closely, with children not ever leaving the line of sight of parents, thus parents could prevent sexual liaisons between children from even happening.

Masturbation was seen in biblical times as not much of a scandal, if it was a scandal at all. In most all cases, masturbation was not a scandal at all, even when found out. Masturbation was seen as a healthy way to regulate sexual desire when you didn't have a spouse. Children masturbated in biblical times as young as age 3, and were aware of their sexuality from very young. Every once and a while, a child attempted to mount another child, in which case parents simply separated the two and reassured them that they would be able to have sex someday, with a spouse. In the mean time, they were redirected to masturbation, with that behavior being encouraged as a healthy way for children to center their sex drive. Repeated usages of pornographic websites can be deterred using pornography blockers, just as parents in biblical times stood in the way of the flow of pornographic material into their homes.

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

How to teach obedience to children - without spanking or punishment

Many parents want to teach their children how to be obedient adults. This is a common desire of most parents. Most American parents want their children to be obedient. The most common criticism of attachment parenting is that it doesn't "make children grow up to be obedient adults". The fact of the matter is that gentle parenting measures can teach obedience, if that is YOUR attitude towards life.

Love is obedience, and obedience is love. The Greek root word denoting Christian love is αγαπαο (Latin: agapao) and refers to prioritizing your neighbor first, and yourself last, in terms of needs, leading to dutiful and selfless submission to your neighbor, expecting absolutely nothing in return. True Love does not come from a place of pride or desire, but instead a place of conviction, where you come to the knowledge that you are a depraved and decadent sinner deserving of absolutely nothing, leading to the sinner paying due penance for their sin nature by engaging in good works towards others. Children are watching, and the more they see you submit to your neighbor, the more they will do so in due time.

Certain authorities are higher up, and need extra submission. This is the police, the government, the city, and so forth. For women, their husband is a higher authority. Obedience to higher authority is denoted by the Greek root word υποτασσο (Latin: hupotasso) and refers to loyalty leading to willfully yielding to the lawful commands of a higher authorities, not for punishment's sake, but because you want to and are loyal to said higher authority. See Rom. 13:1-4 and Col. 3:18.

What backs up this example? Punitive parenting just does not work, as it doesn't back up the Christian example of parents, but instead drives it away from them. Attachment parenting is the only way, as it is time-honored and time-tested as a form of dealing with children. 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, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, sacrificing for their children, just as Christ sacrificed for His children, with children resting as a Godhead in the family home. Parents are the enemy of children, just as mankind is the enemy of God, and are to be subservient to children just as they are to Him.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishment or controlling demeanor towards a child. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children too many times. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen as a form of holding a child hostage merely for things they did wrong. Paul here was lifting up the Law for a group of Greek Christian parents who were bringing their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child. Paul, here, was educating Greek and Roman newcomers to the Christian Church, informing them of proper Jewish methods of parenting, namely attachment parenting. The Early Church, during the 1st Century, was considered a sect of Judaism, and thus Jewish parenting - which was attachment-based even then - was church tradition in the Early Church.

Children, in biblical times, did not wear clothing, at all, until they were adults. Women only wore clothing outside of the home, and otherwise, went naked in order to serve their husbands and their children, separately. Mothers in biblical times served their children by way of providing for them nourishment and sustenance, namely breastfeeding (until age 3) and skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy. The key component of Christian attachment parenting is skin-on-skin co-sleeping, with the skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy leading to a secure parent-child bond.

How does attachment parenting teach obedience? As long as YOU as the parent take an obedient attitude towards life, your child will as well. Children will not become obedient right away, and should not be expected to be obedient from day one or even at any point during childhood. Children are observing your every behavior as an adult, and they learn by seeking to perfect the example of a parent or other adult they like and look up to. So, be that parent/adult that they like and look up to, and they will take on your attitude towards life.

In life, we as adults have to obey everyone around us, from the police officer to the janitor. We owe due submission to everyone in our lives. This right here is a good lesson to model to a child, and you impart an obedient example by loving your neighbor and obeying what they need from you. This also means presuming the best intentions in your neighbor, counting backwards by excusing your neighbor until you run out of excuses. This all is absorbed by the child through example, and does not need to be beaten into them.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be forever cast in to the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend in to the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

How to teach gratitude to children - without punishment or shaming

Many parents want to teach gratitude to children. This is a common desire in parents - to have grateful children. All too often, parents say to their children "be grateful" and/or punish them for ingratitude. There is no need to give up. There is a way to teach gratitude to children. It is called being grateful for everything yourself as a parent.

The Greek root word denoting entitlement in the New Testament, and cross-referencing the Tenth Commandment, is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers to, officially speaking, want, to the point of imposition. Unofficially speaking, it is the slightest of unattainable want in life. It is not good to want anything in life, but since we all do as depraved and decadent human beings, so we should ask politely and appropriately as to what we want, and accept "no" as an answer. If you want anything that would lead to a temper tantrum upon hearing the word "no", don't want it, and avoid that want at all costs. Children are watching your every move as an adult, and so entitled want needs to go. When you strive not to want anything, you become grateful for what you have. 

On the other hand, discipline, in the Christian tense, is denoted by the Greek root word παιδεία (Latin: paideia), and refers to a specific standard of Christian discipline that is deserving of absolutely nothing, and grateful for absolutely everything, leading to a chastened up example for children to follow. The goal in life is to be grateful for absolutely everything, as a parent and as a person in general, but that first needs to come from coming to the knowledge that you are a depraved and decadent sinner deserving of absolutely nothing just for existing as a human being. The state of deserving nothing leads to gratitude in everything.

Christian non-entitlement and gratitude are good examples to impart to your child. However, every good example needs something to back it up. Attachment parenting is what backs up a good Christian example, as this parenting choice is time-honored and time-tested. Punishment and controlling measures drive children away from parents. Attachment parenting is the only way. 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. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, sacrificing for their children, just as Christ sacrificed for His children, with children resting as a Godhead for parents to serve. Parents and other adults are the enemy of children, just as mankind is the enemy of God, and are to be subservient to children just as they are to God, expecting absolutely nothing in return from children or others.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and was understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any form of punishment or controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children too many times. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen as holding a child hostage merely for things they did wrong. Paul here was lifting up the Law to a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child. Paul, here, was educating Greek and Roman newcomers to the Christian Church about proper Jewish parenting, which was attachment based in nature. The Early Christians were considered a sect of Judaism then, and thus Jewish parenting was the church tradition of the Early Church. Jewish parenting has always been warm and loving, in the attachment parenting tense.

Children, in biblical times, wore no clothing, at all, until they became adults. Women only wore clothing outside the home, and otherwise, went in the nude in order to serve their husbands and their children, separately. Mothers served their children with nourishment and sustenance, namely breastfeeding (until age 3) and skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy. Mothers formed a secure parent-child bond with children by snuggling with them and sleeping next to them in skin-on-skin format.

How does attachment parenting teach gratitude? Parents should always show a grateful example to children. What backs up that example is loving and warm treatment of children that leads to children liking parents and other adults, and wanting to be like parents and other adults. When children want to grow up to be like you, you have it all set to teach them good Christian values such as gratitude. They likely will fumble initially, while they are still children, but when children are exposed to grateful adults who are grateful for them, they grow up to have gratitude.

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

Rule from beneath: Why children rule adults from beneath under God's Law

Many think that power structures in the Bible call for parents to rule children from above. This is a common mistake American parents make in their thinking, believing that children can be beat and whipped into submission to a higher authority, with parents being that higher authority. The fact of the matter is that children are an extension of God ruling adults from beneath. Children, in biblical times, had immense lobbying power from beneath. 

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, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, sacrificing for their children, just as Christ sacrificed for His children, with children resting as a Godhead in the family home. Parents are the enemy of children, just as mankind is the enemy of God, and are to be subservient to children as such, from above, with children ruling from beneath.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishment or controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children too many times. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times as holding a child hostage merely for things they did wrong. Paul here was lifting up the Law to Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child.  Paul was educating Greek and Roman newcomers to the Christian Church about proper Jewish parenting. The Early Christians were simply another sect of Judaism in the 1st Century, and thus the Early Church adopted Jewish parenting as the norm,

According to vs. 21, children are to rule adults from beneath. Anything that is perceived by the child as offensive or abusive is objectively a form of abuse. Children should be able to lobby their adults as to better treatment, and anything else they deem as in their best interest. Abuse is whatever the child victim perceives as such. The bare minimum of offenses in the Bible are crying and other visible upset. If a child cries over a necessary limit, the adult must reassure the child of their presence and that all will be okay in order for the limit not to be abusive. Children in biblical times policed their parents on this issue by bearing witness against them in a court of law when such abuse happened.

Children had immense lobbying power in biblical times. Parents and other adults were still the head of children, but children could lobby their adults  Children ruled adults from beneath, getting most all of what they wanted, with adults serving children while being the enemy of children, just as mankind is the enemy of God, with adults being subservient to children from above. Children, in turn, rested beneath the umbrella of parents and other adults. Men and women both paid due chivalry to children, stepping aside, holding doors for children, and giving children a place to be children. Children petitioned adults for what they needed from them, and adults were happy to provide. 

Attachment parenting was the established norm among Christian parents in biblical times. Christian parents in biblical times used a specific, distinct type of attachment parenting that deified children. Children were worshipped and venerated as extensions of God on earth in biblical times, striking reverent fear and terror into parents and other adults with their vulnerable status. Whatever you didn't do for children, you didn't do for God. Children could issue lawful and binding summonses to parents as to what they needed, and if they weren't satisfied with the service they were getting from parents, they could take parents to court. Once parents were taken to court by their children, the child always prevailed. Parents could not prosecute children for anything, as children were sacrosanct. 

Children ruled their parents from beneath by both demanding, in the form of lawful and binding orders, their needs. Also, children had the power to righteously judge their parents and their every action in relation to children. Children were empowered in biblical times, and knew their rights, and they policed adults as such.

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

Understanding the Fifth Commandment in context: Why blind compliance isn't a biblical mandate for children

Many parents believe children should respect their parents and elders. This means, to most parents, that they have the unilateral right to demand respect and compliance from children. This is the common view of parents in America. The fact of the matter is that the commandment to "honor thy father and thy mother" simply prohibits elder abuse, by the state definitions of elder abuse. In spirit, the Fifth Commandment establishes parent headship.

The Fifth Commandment reads in Exodus 20:12 KJV:

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

This commandment, as understood in context, prohibits elder abuse. This commandment, under the Law, establishes grounds for the parent protection laws, as all 613 Commandments of the Law are based on the first 10 Commandments. Elder abuse was an isolated problem in Ancient Israel, and a misunderstood one. Parent victims of elder abuse were blamed for their own abuse, with intrusive questions such as "where did they learn to behave like that?". The assumption was that the parent victim brought it on somehow, and so parent victims of elder abuse were afraid to come forward with allegations against their children. The parent protection laws set clear penalties for elder abuse, as it was commonly perpetrated in that context. "Do not curse your parents" means do not impose an airborne gaslighting curse on parents that sends them on their merry way. "Do not strike your parents" means do not repeatedly beat your parents. Those parent protection laws were written specifically to the Jewish context. Today, the elder abuse definitions in one's individual state apply, to the degree that they apply. Apart from that, you are free to say anything and everything you want to parents, or else shun them if they were that abusive to you.

The Fifth Commandment is repeated 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, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, sacrificing for their children, just as Christ sacrificed for His children, with children resting in parents as a Godhead in the family home. Parents are to serve their children as they would God, being appointed by God as mere waitstaff for children, waiting on their every wish and need hand and foot. Children are an extension of God on earth, with adults having the duty to submit to the child's needs from above, with children resting in said provisions from beneath.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by the child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishment or controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children too many times. Parents who punished their children then were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen then as holding your child hostage merely for things they did wrong. Paul here was lifting up the Law for Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child. Paul, here, was educating Greek and Roman newcomers to the Christian Church about proper Jewish parenting, which was based in attachment parenting methods. It was church tradition then to follow the Jewish parenting custom of attachment parenting, as the Early Church was then seen as a sect of Judaism.

Attachment parenting was the established norm in Ancient Jewish culture, including among the Early Christians. The Early Christians practiced a specific, distinct form of attachment parenting that deified children. Children in biblical times were worshipped and venerated as extensions of God, with children striking reverent fear and terror into parents. Children were seen as the most vulnerable among the "least of these", and thus, whatever you didn't do for your children, you didn't do for God. Children had the right to issue lawful and binding orders, and parents had no right to issue lawful and binding orders in return. Children could take their parents to court, in which case the child always prevailed, and the parent always lost. See Matt. 25:31-46. 

Children, in biblical times, wore no clothing, at all, until they were adults. Women only wore clothing outside the home, and otherwise went in the nude to serve both their husbands and their children, separately. Mothers served their children by way of providing nourishment and sustenance, namely breastfeeding and skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy. The core of biblical parenting in the biblical context was skin-on-skin co-sleeping, which was not just for infants, but was allowed for children up to age 10 or even older. Children did not leave the side of mothers until age 6, and even when children did leave the side of mothers, children never left the line of sight of parents. 

Christian attachment parenting is based off of the mutual submission understanding of relationships in the Bible. The Fifth Commandment allows for parents to be head of their children, in terms of providing for their children, and lays out the framework where parents can be primary providers for their children. Children, usually as adults, give back to parents who are generous and charitable to their children. Respect is a two-way street, and it starts with parents showing their children due respect from above, and children resting in said provisions from beneath.

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

Children self-protect, adults abstain: The natural order between children and adults

Many parents think that parents protect their children better than anyone else. This is a common belief among American parents. Most of American adults believe that parents are the safest place for children to be. The fact of the matter is that there is no safe place for children in this country, period. Children self-protect, and then adults abstain. That's how God wants it. One keeps the other in line, from beneath.

Child oppression is a universal problem, not an isolated problem where one or two minority groups are solely responsible. The only people not guilty of child oppression are the children themselves. Child oppression comes from parental entitlement, which is a deserving and entitled attitude leading to imposed want on children. The Greek root word denoting all entitlement, including parental entitlement, is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers to, officially speaking, wanting things from children, to the point of imposition. Unofficially speaking, parental entitlement refers to wanting anything from a child, period. We all as depraved adults have wronged children with our selfish wants imposed on them, and thus we all as adults are depraved and decadent sinners deserving of absolutely nothing in relation to children, not even respect, not even forgiveness.

Parental entitlement is dealt with specifically in the Bible, and is dealt with in offense format. See Colossians 3:21 KJV:

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by the child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by the child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishment or controlling demeanor towards a child. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, for punishing their children too many times. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times as holding a child hostage merely for things they did wrong. Paul here was lifting up the Law to Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan customs of spanking and punishing children into the church. Contrary to popular legend, Paul himself was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of children. Paul was educating Greek and Roman newcomers to the Christian Church on proper Jewish parenting methods, which consisted of attachment parenting measures to form a secure parent-child bond. The Early Christians, in this context, were seen as a sect of Judaism, and Jewish parenting then and now has always been warm and loving in terms of parental attitude towards children.

What does this verse mean for children? Children have the right, under Divine Codified Jurisprudence, to assert boundaries with adults, with those boundaries taking a lawful and binding meaning under Divine Law. Children are extensions of God in the family home, and elsewhere, and are to enforce God's Law upon their parents and other similarly charged adults that care for them, with their every vulnerable need being Law. Children are to control for their needs from beneath, reigning terror on their parents, striking them with reverent fear and terror, with parents bending over backwards to serve children like waitstaff, as well as others charged with their care.

Children should have the right, under both moral and physical laws, to dial 9-1-1 when an adult strikes or punishes them for any reason. Punishing a child should be abolished completely under the physical law. It is in our values as a nation to allow children their rights, namely their rights as victims of domestic violence. Most children are victims of domestic violence, by the children's rights and biblical definition. Ideally, children should be able to domesticate their parents, and set boundaries, and if they can't, call 9-1-1 and get a police car to come to their house and set their parents straight.

Children are to be judged as innocent without a doubt, meaning sacrosanct. Adults, around children, are to judge themselves as guilty until proven innocent, beyond a reasonable doubt. This means that if they have any doubt about their self-interest in relation to children, they should follow that doubt and keep their parental entitlement in check. This is the concept of "adults abstain" - adults abstain from their self-interest, to avoid entitlement in relation to children.

Adults should stifle all self-interest in relation to children, re-channeling all parent anger and attraction inward, taking the attitude that one as an adult is a depraved and decadent sinner deserving of absolutely nothing in relation to children. When adults fail to keep themselves in line in relation to children, children have the right to hand parents the slate. The right way to see children, in the biblical tense, is fearsome in a thundering way, but because of their vulnerability and not despite it. Adults should fear the lawful and binding orders of children. 

Who protects children best? The children, themselves. That's why I advocate for children - because nobody lets them stand up for themselves. I do. They can stand up to me, and then I'd just be scared and comply with their wishes, instinctively and without question. I naturally want children to like me, but I am not deserving of that, and so I have to get on their good side. Usually, a child needs me to leave them alone, and if I don't respect that boundary, I am liable to the child's court of law. Parents have a poor track record of keeping children safe, meaning usually the parents are either doing it or in denial. So why do we rely on parents to keep children safe? Children are capable of reverse gaslighting, but most today don't feel safe doing it, except with adults like me who heed their boundaries. In other countries, the dynamic is different - children are able to keep their own abuser at bay while still living in the same home with them. 

I am a depraved and decadent sinner, deserving of absolutely nothing, just for being the adult that I am. Children owe me nothing, and I owe them everything I can provide for them. I am deserving of nothing but DEATH and PUNISHMENT in relation to children merely for my wretched existence as the adult that I am. I am grateful that children seem to trust and respect me, and that they forgive me their trespasses, as I am deserving of none of it, being the depraved and decadent adult that I am. I respect when a child rejects me, as I deserving nothing but rejection and resentment for being the wretched adult that I am.

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

Child punishment: Why punitive parenting is already banned under God's Law

Many parents think that it is okay to strike or punish a child, or else impose controlling measures. This is a common view amongst American parents. Most American parents believe that it is acceptable to punish or be controlling with a child. The fact of the matter is that punitive parenting is not in our founding values, as the Bible - God's Law - prohibits punishing or being controlling with a child as a mortal sin.

It says in Colossians 3:21 KJV:

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by the child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by the child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishment or controlling demeanor towards a child. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children too many times. Parents who punished their children, in biblical times, were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen then as holding a child hostage merely for things they did wrong. Paul here was lifting up the Law to a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and was opposed to any and all punishment of a child. Paul, here, was educating Greek and Roman newcomers to the Christian Church on the proper Jewish way of parenting, which was attachment based. The Early Church was seen in the 1st Century as a sect of Judaism, and thus, Christian parents shared their parenting customs with their Jewish predecessors. 

The Greek root word denoting entitlement, including parental entitlement, in the New Testament, and cross-referencing the Tenth Commandment, is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and refers to, officially speaking, wanting things from children, to the point of imposition. Unofficially speaking, this word refers to wanting anything from children, period. We all want things from children as depraved and decadent adults, but we are deserving of absolutely nothing from children as depraved adults. But, on the other hand, we all want things from children, so it is good to ask politely and appropriately, without demands or sexual approach. Parental entitlement is want imposed on children, and when this imposed want leads to offense, it becomes child abuse. Child abuse is whatever the child victim perceives as abusive or offensive, meaning the slightest of personal offense imposed.

Parents in biblical times didn't get angry like they do today. Parents in biblical times were devoid of any parent anger, except aside of children in order to protect them from threats external and domestic. Parents in biblical times were not motivated by anger when instructing and teaching their children, but instead by righteous anxiety and worry. Parents who even showed anger towards a child were seen as vipers and monsters, and were shunned from all existence by society. In the Old Testament, anger towards a child was seen as the first sign that a parent needed to be put to death. In the New Testament, parental outbursts of anger towards a child were secretly documented, and then parents were confronted on the way out of the church with their moral crimes against their child. Parent anger directed towards the child was seen as a form of parental entitlement.

America is a Christian nation, founded on Judeo-Christian family values. We, as a society, glean from both the Bible and its context. We have been wrong about our Christian family values before. Think slavery and Jim Crow. Child oppression is an issue just as pressing as segregation was in the 1960s. We learned our lesson not by banning religion and prayer from schools and public institutions, but by getting better religion. A child should never be punished. Punishment is an act of law, and children should be exempt from the Law due to the fact that they are still learning it. God's Law is above the law of the land, and punitive parenting is prohibited under God's Law.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be forever 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! 

Celebratory sexual abuse: Why some sexual abuse is celebratory in nature (abuser's firsthand account)

There are many ways that a child can be sexually abused. The most common way for a child to be sexually abused in this country is through narcissistic abuse, where the abuser follows a child crush that they don't want to acknowledge, and thus are driven by that crush to abuse a child sexually. However, some abusers are celebratory abusers. I myself was a celebratory abuser during the half of my life where I was an atheist.

When I was 16, I met a young girl who I liked. I assumed she was 12, like the last one that I liked and flirted with. I went up to her, asking for her number. She said "that's confidential". My intent was to invite myself over to her house, thus committing a precursor to summary harassment in my state. It turned out, she was 9. I was hooked, and so I kept flirting with her by waving at her, and she waved back. This went on for two summers.

Fast forward to a few years later. I ran into the same girl, and I looked at her and flirted with her. She said in a shaky voice "What do you want from me?". It was as if lightning struck me. I went towards the fence of the community pool where all the abuse happened, waiting for the police to issue the fine of $300 for summary harassment, bracing for the worst. They never came. Thank God!

Around the same time, I was in the attic with my cousin. I then wrestled her onto the bed, and got on top of her, while we both had clothing on. It was a form of antisocial "rough-play", meaning I engaged in childish rough-play with her for the most insidious and sexualized of reasons. That was reported to the police, and now me and my children's rights platform were under investigation. I committed summary harassment, by the strict legal standard, and for that offense, the statute of limitations has passed. Thus, there is no justice for my victim. I'd just pay the fine, regardless of any self-interest of mine otherwise, but I can't, because we abusers have rights under the law. 

Today, all of this behavior is in violation of my Christian purity standards. The Greek root word denoting lust in the New Testament is επιθυμέω (Latin: epithumeo) and refers not merely to sexual desire, but to sexual desire to the point of taking the first steps to approach a child for sexual or flirtatious reasons. Once the child perceives the approach, it becomes fornication, as denoted by the Greek root word πορνεία (Latin: porneia).

I, as an adult, am a depraved and decadent sinner deserving of absolutely nothing from children. I wanted things from children for so long, yet claimed to defend them like a defense attorney. In order to truly defend children, you need to put your own self-interests away, and want nothing from children. I am truly wicked and depraved in my sin nature, and am to hate that sin nature for what it is capable of. I am deserving of absolutely nothing from children, not even respect, not even forgiveness. I am only deserving of everything hateful and resentful from children, and am not deserving of anything good or caring from children. I am an entitled wretch deserving of absolutely nothing from children, or anyone for that matter. I have to be this way, because I celebrated the abuse of a child by flirting inappropriately with a child.

I will always be a depraved and decadent sinner deserving of absolutely nothing. Never will I deserve anything from anyone. I am grateful for the forgiveness I receive from my victims, as I don't deserve any such forgiveness. 

Hebrews 12:5-11: Why this is not a pro-spanking command

Many parents punish their children in America. Punishment is a common way that parents in this country deal with behaviors in children. Most parents who punish children do not get their parenting information from scientific sources, but instead from biblical sources. A common passage used to promote child punishment is Hebrews 12:5-11.

It says in Hebrews 12:5-11 KJV:

And ye have forgotten the exhortation that speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their pleasure, but he for our profit, that we may partake in his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

This is actually one of my favorite passages in the Bible...and it has nothing to do with parenting whatsoever. The Greek root word translated "scourgeth" is μαστιγόο (Latin: mastigóo) and refers, literally speaking, to the 40 minus 1 lashes with the rod of correction. The Early Christians did not use corporal punishment to enforce law, with physical discipline only existing in a few marriages dotted throughout the Christian Church, and even that was frowned upon. The 40 minus 1 lashes with the rod of correction, also mentioned in Prov. 13:24, was a form of judicial corporal punishment, which was repealed by the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. In Hebrew circles, the rod of correction carried a symbolic, figurative meaning, with such language being known as rod language. The 40 minus 1 lashes was intended as a summary sentence for a capital offense under the old Law, and if you lived to tell the tale by the end of the whipping, you received a second chance at life. Doesn't all hardship, if we endure it, give us a second chance at life? And that's how the Hebrew Christians would have understood this passage. The Greek root word translated "correcting", "chastening" or "chastisement" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and refers to a specific Christian standard of discipline that is deserving of nothing, and grateful for everything, leading to being chastened up, including by hardships endured. The meaning of this passage is that hardship makes one stronger in the end, once endured, so endure it to the end and don't give up. God is whipping His children into shape by sending hardship their way, like only He can, and if it causes trauma instead, it didn't come from God, but from the Evil One. This does not mean human fathers should whip their children, as other parts of the Bible forbid it when understood in context.

The Bible does have legitimate passages on parenting, that actually have to do with parenting. They are few and far in between, but lift up a certain attachment parenting context. 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. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Parents are to be extensions of Christ in the family home, sacrificing for their children, just as Christ sacrificed for His children, with children resting in the sacrifice of parents as a Godhead. Parents are to sacrifice for their children just as Christ sacrificed for God and His Kingdom, expecting absolutely nothing in return.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, coming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and was understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishment or controlling demeanor towards a child. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children too many times. Parents who punished their children, in biblical times, were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of offensive touch or speech stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen as holding a child hostage merely for things they did wrong. Paul here was lifting up the Law for a group of Greek Christians who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child. Paul, here, was educating Greek and Roman newcomers on proper Jewish parenting. The Early Church was simply another Jewish sect back in the 1st Century, and thus, Jewish parenting is relevant to Christian parenting today, as a shared teaching between Judaism and Christianity.

Attachment parenting was the established norm in Ancient Jewish culture, including the Early Church. The Early Christians and their Jewish predecessors used a specific, distinct form of attachment parenting that deified children. Children were worshipped and venerated by their parents as extensions of God, in biblical times. This had a very practical meaning, and that was that children could issue lawful and binding orders to their parents, as to what they wanted and needed. Children could take their parents to court even, and when that happened, the case was already decided - dependent children always prevailed in a court of law in biblical times. Parents were struck with reverent fear and terror by their child's vulnerability, with said vulnerability convicting the sinful heart of parents and other caregivers, and bringing them to a place of due penance in serving their child. Parents then knew that they were depraved and decadent sinners deserving of absolutely nothing in relation to children. See Matt. 25:31-46. 

Children in biblical times did not wear clothing, at all, until adulthood. Women only wore clothing outside the home, and otherwise, went in the nude to serve both their husbands and their children, separately. Mothers served their children by way of providing nourishment and sustenance, namely breastfeeding and skin-to-skin closeness and intimacy, for their children. The central focus of biblical parenting then was skin-on-skin co-sleeping, which was not just for infants - children up until age 10 or even older slept next to their mothers in biblical times. Children otherwise did not leave the side of mothers in biblical times until age 6, and when they did leave the side of mothers, didn't leave her line of sight. Fathers also nurtured children, but from afar, and only when the child consented, and the mother allowed. A child could give consent to interacting with his/her father, but the mother could veto the consent given by the child if the interaction was unsafe. Fathers usually were motivated by parent attraction to be closer to their children, and so the mother policed any close interactions with the child. Otherwise, the children were the mother's domain, and the father simply brought home the bread and stood watch for intruders. The main role of fathers was protecting his wife and children, and encouraging a religious education in his children.

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