Righteous pampering: Why God wants you to pamper and baby your children

Many parents hate the idea of pampering children. Most American parents want their children to learn hard lessons. However, the fact of the matter is that the Bible, when using the context as a guidepost, endorses attachment parenting. God wants parents to pamper and baby their children, not just some of the time, but all of the time.

The Bible commands a secure attachment between parent and child in the family home. See 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 more aptly translates to "trust", as in "trust your parents in all things". Children were ultimately allowed to rest in the love and submission of parents, while parents worked hard so that their children could rest in closeness to parents. Ultimately, this passage refers to a secure attachment between parent and child in the family home, with parents pampering and babying children in the biblical context. The context of this passage spells out how to form a secure attachment with your children.

The biblical context here does not refer to any old pampering or babying of children, but instead refers to a certain specific form of pampering children. For the first 6 years of childhood, children were in constant closeness with mothers, meaning that wherever mothers went, so did her child. For the first 2 years of childhood, children were constantly held by mothers, either in her loving arms, or else on mom's back in a papoose bag when her hands were full. Between ages 2-6, children ranged next to mothers, seemingly attached to her hip, not allowing mom out of their line of sight, morbidly fearing that mom would "go away and never come back". Whenever mothers and children were out and about in public, mom wrapped up her child next to her bosom in swaddling blankets, with the swaddling blankets - and the child with them - being tucked underneath the loose-fitting, revealing dress worn by mothers that resembled an apron. Come nightfall, Christian parents in the Early Church co-slept next to their children in skin-on-skin format. Children in biblical times went naked wherever they went, with mothers also going naked within the context of the family home. Thus birth nudity setup helps to facilitate easy skin-on-skin contact, with children experiencing the rays of skin-on-skin sustaining warmth merely even when they were merely picked up.

When children reached the age of 6, they were allowed to play freely outside with neighborhood children, naked. Children aged 6 and up ventured farther and farther from home, exploring the terrain, engaging in wet and messy play. However, children had to check in with mom, telling her where they were going. Come evening, children were called by name - one by one - in order to be served a homecooked meal made by mom. But first, mothers cleaned the dirt off of the child with a wet handrag.

Children in biblical times were very much protected by parents, in a sheltered sort of way. Children younger than age 6 are too young to appreciate the environmental hazards that exist outside. Then, children had to face venomous snakes and scorpions, with there being no antivenom then. These days, children have to face different hazards, such as oncoming traffic and would-be kidnappers. Until children gained that awareness, they were held next to mothers in complete closeness and bliss!

The depraved and entitled parents who defended unloving attitudes towards children 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!