Time-in: Why mammary closeness is the biblical way of doing time-in

Many parents have dealt with it. A crying or upset child. Most American parents punish or ignore children when they act up. However, the fact of the matter is that children need a special form of time-in known as mammary closeness. Mammary closeness is what mothers did in the Bible to soothe their children.

The concept of time-in takes place within the context of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission, and is where children surrender into the loving arms of parents. See Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest in the love and submission of parents. Parents are the enemy of children, just as mankind is the enemy of God, and are to submit as such,  Child surrender to parents comes with strings attached, meaning children can righteously demand things in return, usually when parents weren't pulling their own weight.

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, stemming 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, but not limited to, any punishments, reprimands, or other controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children one last time. 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 your child hostage merely for things that they did wrong, thereby treating your child as a quartered slave. Paul here was lifting up the Law in order to convict 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 in his secular writings. Paul may well have not gotten along with the women in the church, but he sure loved children, and took in a few orphaned children in his time. Indeed, Greco-Roman fathers used the scourge of cords to punish their children, but NOT the Christians among them - the Early Christians were hated largely for being "too soft" on their children.

Time-in can be done in many ways. However, the most biblical way of doing time-in is mammary closeness. Whenever children were crying, they were afforded skin-on-skin mammary closeness, after mothers cooed at their children. Mothers of milk-dependent children breastfed their children to sleep. Other needs were also attended to, such as sleep - children who were tired laid down next to mothers, or fell asleep in a papoose bag if she was over her head in chores to do.

Young children, under age 6, were swaddled next to the bosom of mothers in swaddling blankets, with the blankets holding the child close to the bosom of mothers. The swaddling blankets were made of velvet, which was grown throughout the Ancient Middle East.. The swaddling blankets were tucked under the revealing dress of mothers that resembles an apron. The swaddling blankets were tied to the left breast of the mother, then tied across the dot to the right leg of the mother, or vice versa, or both if the case of twins. Children were held closer to the bosom of mothers in swaddling blankets when crying. 

Mammary closeness comes hand in hand with breastfeeding. Breastfeeding lasted, in most cases, until around age 3, which was when the child pushed away the nipple. Sometimes, however, children pushed away the nipple much later, such as age 6 or older. Breastfeeding should end when a child falls asleep. 

A woman's breasts are not primarily designed for male consumption. A woman's breasts are designed instead for nurturing a child. Whenever you hug your mom, it feels good, doesn't it? It feels good because contact with that part of your mother's body is intended to calm you down. In biblical times, mothers and children were in birth nudity, meaning they were quartered in the nude next to each other, in skin-on-skin closeness and intimacy.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke not your children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be cast forever 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 day and night forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!