Childhood bipolar disorder: How to discipline your bipolar child without punitive measures

In many cases, children develop childhood bipolar disorder. Most parents think that children who act up due to a mental health disorder need "a firm hand". With that said, child psychiatrists believe that the disorder cannot be disciplined without the child first being stabilized with medication. However, the fact of the matter is that there is a way to discipline your child with bipolar disorder. The idea is to catch them being good and praise them.

God's Law on disciplining children with bipolar disorder is spelled out in Ephesians 6:4 KJV:

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

This first stanza of this commandment clarifies for the second that discipline should not hurt your bipolar child. The Greek root word translated "provoke...to wrath" is παροργίζο (Latin: parorgizo) and refers here to offenses or damages, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. It is one thing to stop spanking your child. However, it is not enough to stop spanking your child, or even stop punishing your child altogether for that matter. You need to avoid offense in children. If you hurt someone else's feelings, you need to apologize. It is no different when dealing with children. Thus, in order to avoid offense in children, you need to be willing to apologize to your child for hurting their feelings. One thing that perhaps hurts children's feelings the most is parent anger directed towards children. If you ever lose your cool with your child as a parent, including while setting limits, you definitely need to give a formal apology to your child for hurting their feelings with your anger, such as "I apologize for hurting your feelings with my temper", and then commit never to lose your cool with your child ever again, as any parent anger directed towards a child is entitlement, and was seen as entitlement in the Early Church. This stanza of 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, and is a Latin phrase roughly translating to "power to the parent", namely the power to impose punitive sanctions on children, such as spanking or other forms of punishment of children. However, this stanza ultimately was received by the parish at Ephesus as prohibiting causing offenses children as perceived by the child, at minimum. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punitive parenting in his secular writings. Attachment parenting was banned under Roman law, but the Early Christians did it anyway, obeying God over men.

This second stanza of this commandment refers to how to discipline your bipolar child without punishment or shaming. They aren't "bad kids", They simply have a mental health disorder. The Greek root word translated "nurture" is παιδεία (Latin: erethizo) and refers here to a certain specific form of nurturing, namely of the teaching sort. Christian parents in the Early Church looked for preferred behaviors in children, such as self-discipline and self-control, and when children showed these traits, they were lavishly praised and encouraged for more of the same. Children with bipolar disorder always have moments of clarity when otherwise being deep in their mental illness. When a child with bipolar disorder has a moment of clarity, and manages to keep it together, they should be praised for their self-control. This should encourage more self-control in children. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and is more aptly translated as "instruction" in more modern versions of the Bible, with Paul here referring to religious instruction. Children with bipolar disorder usually cannot find religion until they are stabilized.

Most bipolar children lash out at parents at some point in their childhood. The idea behind this setup is the righteous acronym of righteous parent abuse. That means that even when your child is lashing out at you physically or verbally, you have to put up with their abuse, as they are your child. These outbursts are known as rage attacks, and usually come from the child hearing the word "no" from a parent. One way to deter attacks from your child is to cry out loud when they are attacking you.

It is futile to pick fights with a child with bipolar disorder. They actually might win. The more you try to control a bipolar child, the more they try to control you back, and a bipolar child just might win at that fight. The idea is to give up the fight with your bipolar child, and give in to their demands.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to wrath 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!