Many parents think that a crying child is trying to push their buttons, especially when they cry seemingly for no reason at all. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. However, the fact of the matter is that children always cry for a reason. Never ignore a crying child.
The Fifth Commandment is repeated in Colossians 3:20 KJV:
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest in the love and submission of parents. This highlighted 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 perform good works for their children, with children resting securely in the good works of parents. Good works here refers to doing good things for children, meeting children's every vulnerable need, expecting absolutely nothing in return. See also Matt. 22:35-40, 25;31-46; 1Cor. 13:4-8.
Parents today usually punish their children for crying "out of nowhere". However, Christian parents in the Early Church knew more than today's parents that the number one reason a child cries is due to separation anxiety. For the first 6 years of childhood, children were in constant closeness to mothers, morbidly fearing that mothers would "go away and never come back". Children never left their mother out of their line of sight, crying out loud when mothers as much as went into the other room. Mom had to reassure her child that she was going nowhere.
It is recommended that mothers quit their job when they become pregnant. This is because going to work in the morning severs the secure attachment with parents, burning the trust in parents that children had. Separation is a young child's worst fear, meaning they actively fear that mom will "go away and never come back". Going to work in the morning alone is a child's worst fear concerning their parents, as when mom is out at work, the child is morbidly afraid of mom not coming back. Your children need YOU more than they need anything else.
The depraved and entitled parents who punish their children for crying will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Repent!
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