Why the Bible calls for stricter child abuse definitions

Many parents believe that the ancients in the Bible had no concept of childhood, let alone child abuse. Most American parents support the present-day child abuse definitions. However, the Bible has its own definition of child abuse - whatever the child victim perceives as abuse.

The Greek root word denoting parental entitlement is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and is defined as, officially speaking, wanting things from children, to the point of imposition. Unofficially, parental entitlement consists of a parent getting sorely disappointed when they don't get what they feel that they deserve from children. Parents are deserving of absolutely nothing from children just for existing. Any parent anger directed towards a child was deemed parental entitlement then, with this form of entitlement being seen as a moral crime in and of itself then. Whenever this sense of entitlement was perceived by the child as offensive or damaging, it was deemed child abuse. See also 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 here to offenses or damages, 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. It isn't enough to stop spanking or punishing children - you need to ideally avoid even the slightest of offense perceived by a child. However, you are bound to offend your child at least some of the time as a parent, including by way of set limits. The only way around guilt under this commandment is to be willing to meaningfully apologize to your children whenever you offend them. Whenever your child is upset by how you deal with them, you have offended them, and thus you need to apologize. Usually, all that is required is a reassurance of good intent along the lines of "I'm sorry, but I had to set X limits because of Y reasons". However, when you lose your cool with your child, you need to give a formal apology along the lines of "I apologize for losing your cool with you". Even refusing to apologize to a child you upset is a form of entitlement. This commandment cross-references the Eighth and the Tenth Commandments, with the Apostle Paul here convicting a group of Greek Christian parents who brought into the church their pagan custom of patrias potestas, which is a Latin phrase roughly translating to "power to the parent", including the power to mete out punitive sanctions towards children, such as spanking or other forms of punishment towards a child. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive treatment of a child in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men. 

The Greek root word translated "they be discouraged" is αθυμέω (Latin: athumeo) and refers here to long-term damages, namely trauma. The ancients had a basic understanding of childhood trauma. If a child grew up to be atheist, it was seen as a shame on the parents for being too hard on the child. An atheist was seen as having childhood trauma, as opposed to simply being a "lost soul". 

Child sexual abuse is defined under God's Law by the Greek root word πορνεία (Latin: porneia) and refers not to any old sexual attraction to children, but instead refers to any sexual interaction between an adult and a child, even if the child likes it. Any sexual advances even perceived by a child, even if the child liked it, was deemed fornication by way of child sexual abuse then, and resulted in swift excommunication from the Early Christian Churches of God. 

Child abuse was prosecuted in the Early Church by way of the council. The child victim, in most cases, confided into a church elder or other clergyperson about the abuse from their parents. From there, the parents were brought before the council, and if they defended their course of conduct towards their child in any way, they were swiftly excommunicated from the Early Christian Churches of God. 

The Bible is an anti-spanking document, with all 88 books of the Bible - from Genesis to Revelation - were written by Jews, with no Jew worth mentioning ever defending the punitive treatment of children. Even King Solomon recommended attachment parenting for the little ones in his secular writings.

The Bible is a founding document of this country, even above the Constitution itself. We as a society glean from the Bible and its context as to how to live and get along with each other. It just so happens that the rod verses in Proverbs were egregiously mistranslated at the Latinate level, in order to keep a pagan custom of spanking children going. The Bible, in all of the rod verses, refers to the 40 minus 1 lashes, with the mention being a metaphor for trials and tribulations in Heb. 12:5-6. Most European pagans spanked their young children, and whipped their older children, with Western society absorbing the pagan methods of punitive parenting from the European pagans. 

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!