How to pacify a child who cries in public

Many parents have to deal with it. A child cries in public, and sometimes, they throw a full blown meltdown. This is a common issue that occurs between parent and child. However, there is a simple solution to children throwing meltdowns in public. 

Child pacification in biblical times came in the form of swaddling children to the bosom of mothers, with this being part of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission. 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. This word ultimately refers to a secure attachment between parent and child in the family home. This secure attachment comes from parent submission, where parents are to submit to children just as they would to God, from beneath yet from above, expecting absolutely nothing in return. See also Matt. 22:35-40, 25:31-46.

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 damages or offenses perceived by a child, stemming 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, but not limited to, any punishment, 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. The parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" 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 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 not have gotten along with the women of the church, but he sure loved children, and even took in a few orphaned children during his time as a deacon.

When mothers and children under age 6 were out and about, mom wrapped up her child next to her bosom in swaddling blankets. The swaddling blankets - and the child with them - were tucked underneath the loose-fitting, revealing dress worn by mothers that resembled an apron. Beforehand, the swaddling blankets were tied from the left breast, and then across the dot to the right leg, or else vice versa, or else both in the case of twins. Whenever children cried out loud, their cries were pacified, with children being held even closer to the bosom of mothers, with the mother cooing beforehand at her child. The swaddling blankets were made of velvet, which grew throughout the Ancient Middle East.

Most public temper tantrums, even then, were due to children hearing the word "no". Whenever a child wanted something off of the shelf at market, they simply pointed to the item, and the mother took the item off of the shelf, just for the child. Whenever a child couldn't have an item, an explanation and a reassurance was given. Sometimes, children wanted a pet sheep from the market, in which case mothers happily obliged and pardoned the sacrificial lamb, just for the child.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their 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!