Christian attachment parenting: Upholding the Christian tradition of attachment parenting

Many parents think that attachment parenting is banned in the Bible. This is a common attitude towards children by American parents. Most support for punitive parenting is based off of false context about the Bible. The fact of the matter, however, is that the Early Christian context is an attachment parenting context, as well as the Ancient Jewish context as a whole.

Christian attachment parenting is attachment parenting based off of the Early Christian context. The main teaching behind Christian attachment parenting is the Christian doctrine of mutual submission. See Ephesians 6:1-4 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest in the love and submission of parents. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul to lift up the customary law that commands a secure attachment between parents and children in the family home. This secure attachment comes from parent submission, where parents are to submit to their children as their enemy, from beneath yet from above, expecting absolutely nothing in return.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is παροργίζο (Latin: parorgizo) and refers to damages or offenses, 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. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including, but not limited to, any punishments, reprimands, or 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. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times as holding your child 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 in his secular writings. The Early Christians, in fact, shunned the scourge of cords used by broader Greco-Roman society, as well as the 40 minus 1 lashes under the Old Testament law.

The Greek root word translated "nurture" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and refers to here, in this context, modeling Christian discipline to children. The Christian standard of discipline is deserving of absolutely nothing, therefore grateful for absolutely everything, coming from a sinful nature, leading to a chastened up example for children to follow. Christian parents in the Early Church centered their entitlement in view of their children. Children in biblical times were caught being good, instead of caught being bad. When children were caught emulating the disciplined example of parents, they were given lavish praise and encouragement to "keep headed down the straight path". Boys were given manly praise when caught being good, and girls were given snuggles when caught being good. Sometimes, children needed to hear direct parental instruction. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and refers to the advice and counsel of parents, meaning that parents could only offer children advice when needed, or else counsel them when upset. Otherwise, parents were under the divine authority of their children, with children issuing lawfully binding orders to parents, with parents being steadfast in their obedience to their children.

What motivates children absorbing the disciplined example of parents? Children are motivated to follow the Christian example of parents by way of a secure attachment. For the first 6 years of a child's life, children were in constant closeness with mothers, meaning that wherever the mother went, the child went also. The Early Christians practiced birth nudity, where mother and child were in the nude next to each other, in skin-on-skin closeness and intimacy. When children cried, mothers cooed before picking up the child, then holding the child to her bosom in mammary closeness. When mothers were out and about in public, they swaddled their young children - under age 6 - next to their bosom in swaddling blankets. Come nightfall, children co-slept next to mothers in skin-on-skin format, every single night until children reached the onset of puberty, when they wanted their own place to sleep. 

After children attained the age of 6, they were turned over to their father for a religious education. Fathers left out a Bible for the child to find, and get engrossed in. When children were caught reading the family Bible, they were lavishly praised and encouraged in their religious vocation. Fathers formed a bond with the children he was educating, with fathers asking children questions about what they just read. This bond with a child was a sensitive bond, driven by secondary sexual attraction to the child. Fathers indulged in righteous masturbation about their children, which centered the parent attraction and depressed the parental sexual instinct,  with that attraction coming out as a male nurturing instinct. Unlike in surrounding cultures, rape in order to correct erratic behavior in children was banned, meaning fathers were only allowed to masturbate to sexual thoughts about their children, Fathers were a secondary attachment for children, meaning that if children had a secure attachment to their mother, they would develop a secondary secure attachment with their father. Mothers nurture their children up close, and fathers nurture from afar.

Christian attachment parenting is attachment parenting using the Early Christian context as a guide. The Bible is America's book, and tells us as a society how we are supposed to live. The Bible never legitimately commands that parents use any level of force on a child. The rod verses in Proverbs and Hebrews refer to the 40 minus 1 lashes, in figurative tense. The Bible commands parents to have a secure attachment with children, and not to offend or damage children.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to wrath through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them forever be cast 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 forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Crying: Why crying is not bad behavior (and what to do about such behavior)

Many parents believe that crying in children, at least past a certain age, is bad behavior. This is a common attitude of American parents towards children. Most American parents punish crying in children, at least some of the time. The fact of the matter, however, is that this sort of parenting is alien to the Bible and its context.

Reassuring crying is part of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission, with children surrendering into the loving arms of mothers, with mothers providing nourishment and sustenance to children. 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. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul to lift up the customary law that commands a secure attachment between parents and children in the family home. This secure attachment comes from parent submission, where parents are to submit to their children as their enemy, from beneath yet from above, expecting absolutely nothing in return.

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 offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including, but not limited to, any punishments, reprimands, or controlling demeanor. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death after punishing their children one last time. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times 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. The Early Christian church communities prohibited and shunned the scourge of cords used in Roman and Greek homes.

Crying is a normal behavior in children, and is a way that they communicate needs. Mothers in biblical times intuitively knew this, and pampered children when they were upset. Mothers responded to the every cry of their child, and did so by cooing before picking up the child in skin-on-skin closeness and intimacy, then holding the child close to her bosom in mammary closeness, so that the child could hear her heartbeat. When mothers were out and about in public, mothers swaddled their young children - under age 6 - in swaddling blankets next to their bosom. When children cried in public, they usually did so softly, and then mothers responded usually by holding the young child closer to her bosom. Children in biblical times were breastfed, including even in public if the mother was called to by the summonses of her child. 

Older children sometimes cried in public. In which case, the mother picked up the child and held the child close to the mother's bosom, with the child tucked into the mother's dress. The idea of skin-on-skin mammary closeness was for children to hear the heartbeat of mothers. This, for some reason known only to God and nature, soothes children when they are upset. With older children, you can have a conversation with them about why they were crying. 

The Early Christians practiced birth nudity, where mother and child were in the nude next to each to each other, in skin-on-skin closeness and intimacy. Children were naked wherever they went. Mothers were naked in the family home as well, in order to serve both her child and her husband, separately. When out and about in public, mothers wore a loose-fitting, revealing dress similar to an apron. Young children under age 6 were wrapped up next to the bosom with the swaddling blankets tied to the left breast, then across the dot to the right leg, or vice versa, or both in the case of twins. Older children were temporarily placed under the dress of mothers. The Early Christian form of birth nudity was a gravy train that never ended for children in the Bible.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them forever be cast 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 forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Righteous pampering: Why God wants parents to pamper their children

Many parents think it is the irresponsible choice to pamper children. Most American parents do, in fact, pamper their children, but only "once and a while" once "children earned it". Most parents in America want to be seen as strict with their children. The fact of the matter, however, is that this sort of punitive parenting to the Bible and its context. In order to bring up a child that respects you, you need to respect them by pampering them throughout their childhood.

Righteous pampering is a form 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 child 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. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul to lift up the customary law that commands a secure attachment between parents and children in the family home. This secure attachment comes from parent submission, where parents are to submit to their children as their enemy, from beneath yet from above, expecting absolutely nothing in return.

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 offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including, but not limited to, any punishments, reprimands, or 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. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times 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.

The acronym of righteous pampering means pampering children, not just some of the time, but all of the time. The Bible, when understood in context, calls for a specific type of pampering, done when children are under age 6, and to a certain degree when children were over age 6. During the first 6 years of a child's life, children were in constant closeness to mothers, meaning that wherever the mother went, so did the child. The Early Christians practiced birth nudity, where mother and child were in the nude next to each other, in skin-on-skin closeness and intimacy. When children were crying or upset, mothers responded to the cries by cooing towards the child, and then holding the child close to her bosom in mammary closeness. When mothers were about and about, children were swaddled next to the bosom of mothers in swaddling blankets. Come nightfall, children co-slept next to mothers in skin-on-skin format. Co-sleeping was always in skin-on-skin format. This skin-on-skin co-sleeping lasted until the child reached the onset of puberty, which was when children wanted a place of their own to sleep.

Pampering children early in life leads to children growing up to reverently respect their parents. After a whole childhood of being pampered by parents, children bowed down to their parents when baptized. Respect for parents is a place children come to once they are young adults, and is a form of thanksgiving for all of the fond memories of being pampered by parents. Sometimes, children were offended or abused by their parents, in which they shunned their parents, or in some cases, even got the parents excommunicated from the church. However, most children in the Early Church had a good childhood, and so they bowed down in gratitude and thanksgiving for the sustaining warmth shown to them throughout childhood.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them forever be cast 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 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!

"Benign" deprivation: Why every need of a child matters

Many parents today buy into the concept of "benign" deprivation. Most child abuse in the United States is based off of the concept of "benign" deprivation. "Benign" deprivation is understood as not responding to a child's every cry for a need, therefore "saving the parent's energy" for "real needs". However, mothers in biblical times met the every need of children.

"Benign" deprivation is a violation 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 into the 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. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul to lift up the customary law that commands a secure attachment between parents and children in the family home. This secure attachment comes from parent submission, where parents are to submit to their children as their enemy, from beneath yet from above, expecting absolutely nothing in return.

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 offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including, but not limited to, any punishments, 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. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking  - child punishment was seen in biblical times 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.

"Benign" deprivation is when you deprive a child of a need considered by the parent to be "invalid" to save the parents' energy for "valid" needs. This form of parenting is alien to the Bible and its context. Mothers in the Early Church tended to the every vulnerable need of children. Whenever a child cried, mothers cooed and then rushed to reassure the crying child. Mothers responded the EVERY need of children.

Children under age 6 suffered from separation anxiety, meaning young children morbidly feared their mothers would "go away and never come back". Mothers reassured the child by cooing and picking up the child, then holding children close to her bosom in mammary closeness. Both mother and child were in a state of birth nudity, where mother and child were at home, in the nude next to each other, in skin-on-skin comfort and sustenance. This birth nudity setup is what brought out the raw separation anxiety. Most crying in young children that appears to have no reason actually does - they need the sustaining warmth of mothers.

Children never cry to manipulate you or undermine you as a parent. Crying is how children communicate a need. Thus, children should be allowed to cry, in order to petition parents for vulnerable needs. Children have five basic categories of needs; food, water, shelter, transportation, and attachment - and the greatest of these is attachment!

I myself was abused in the name of "benign deprivation". My father took the advice of "benign" deprivation from authoritative parenting guru John Rosemond. I was regularly given time-out by both my parents, with my father also imposing an occasional disciplinary spanking of only a few swats to a clothed bottom. The main context where I was deprived was when out and about in public. In the store, I was deprived of what I wanted from the shelf. All I wanted was what I asked for initially. There is one memorable incident where I was slapped in the face for my reaction to the word "no" in a grocery store.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them forever be cast 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!

Righteous parent abuse: How to handle bipolar rage attacks in children

Some parents have to deal with this cold hard fact. Their child has bipolar disorder. Childhood bipolar disorder is where either the child alternates between a depressed and a manic mood, or else is only manic. I had the disorder as a child, with the disorder instead being treated with psychotropic medication. The right medication - lithium carbonate - was life-changing. However, it took a long time for my parents to find the right medication for me, and thus I was abused in the mean time by way of behavioral intervention.

There is a right way to deal with a child with bipolar disorder. The righteous acronym from the Early Church at play here is righteous parent abuse. Righteous parent abuse states that, sometimes, you as a parent have to take a beating from your child, due to the special needs of the child. Righteous parent abuse is 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. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul to lift up the customary law that commands a secure attachment between parents and children in the family home. This secure attachment comes from parent submission, where parents are to submit to children as their enemy, from beneath yet from above, expecting absolutely nothing in return.

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 offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including, but not limited to, any punishments, reprimands, or other controlling demeanor. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children one last time. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times 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.

Righteous parent abuse is the point where you give up the fight with your child with bipolar disorder, and give in to their demands. In the Early Church, parents had no legal recourse if their child was aggressive or violent. If a parent took their dependent child to court for the abuse imposed on to the parent, the court always took the side of the child. The parent was forced to apologize to the child before the council of 3 elders, or else be excommunicated for perjury - children were seen in biblical times as sacrosanct, meaning they could do no wrong, even if they did technically legally do things that were considered wrong. Children, however, could issue lawfully binding orders to parents, with parents, in most cases, being lawfully required to obey their children. When children physically battered their parents, they were seen as advocating a need, the best way they knew how.

One strategy parents used to defend themselves from the wrath of strong-willed children was crying. In the Early Christian context, whenever a child physically attacked or verbally berated a parent, parents did not become defensive. Instead, parents cried when being mistreated by their children. This reaction led to the child trying to sap up the situation, and actually deterred future abuse from the child. The way it worked then was that when children got angry with parents enough to hit them, the parent was not firm or stern in response. Instead, the parents cried. This causes children to snap out of their rage attacks, and reassure their parent while still in tears themselves. It ended up with parent and child crying next to each other.

"Benign" deprivation is a common parenting tactic in punitive authoritative homes like where I grew up in. This is where parents say "no" regularly because the child "needs" to hear the word "no". In the Early Church, parents were forbidden from saying "no" except in the most exigent of circumstances, such as if the word "no" was due to a command from a child that was unlawful and/or unworkable. All instances of a declination from parents required reassurance from a parent, which included crying with the child when the child struck out at parents. With bipolar rage attacks, the word "no" is a common trigger. The key is to avoid the word "no" at all costs, whenever possible. An example from my childhood is that I got a BB gun from my father for Christmas. He knew the truth - I'd be afraid to use it, out of caution. Children with bipolar disorder want to start a good project, but stop half-way towards the finish line. So, buy them whatever they want. When you have to say "no", expect a beating until your child is completely stabilized by medication.

Childhood bipolar disorder is a common mental health disorder in children, usually secondary to a developmental disorder such as autism. There is no way to remedy rebellious bipolar behavior but by medication, and medication of the right stand. Lithium carbonate is the gold standard for treating bipolar disorder. However, most child psychiatrists and developmental pediatricians don't recommend lithium treatment until late in adolescence.

I myself have the disorder, though it is completely in remission. Everyone around me as a child, when the disorder was active, was blaming the autism and punishing me for behaviors I couldn't help. As a young child, I was put in time-out and given a disciplinary spanking. A disciplinary spanking is only a few swats, but it is sudden due to the calm demeanor of the perpetrator. Regardless of my behaviors, I did not deserve to be punished. The goal of parenting for a child with bipolar disorder, before landing with the right medication, is keeping them safe, and otherwise tolerating their behaviors. Having bipolar disorder in a punitive parenting society is like being controlled on all sides. When adults weren't controlling of my behaviors, I was just fine. Now, I want back at my abuser, which is all parents, and all parents by extension. 

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them forever be cast 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 ss the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

Time-in: Why mammary closeness is the Christian way to do time-in

Many parents think that punishment is the answer to a crying child. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. Most American parents use time-out as a means of punishing their behavior, and then maybe the occasional disciplinary spanking, The fact of the matter is that children need time-in when they cry. There are many ways to give children time-in, but only one way is biblical in nature - mammary closeness.

Mammary closeness, as a form of time-in, is part of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission. It says in Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke their 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. Children are to rest in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul to lift up the customary law that commands a secure attachment between parents and children in the family home. This secure attachment comes from parent submission, where parents are to submit to their children as their enemy, from beneath yet from above, expecting absolutely nothing in return.

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 offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including, but not limited to, any punishments, reprimands, or other controlling demeanor. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children one last time. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times as holding your child hostage merely for things that they did wrong, thereby treating them 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 their children one last time. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child in his secular writings.

Time-in is thought of as a modern parenting practice. However, time-in is actually a time-honored parenting practice. In the Early Church, mothers tended to their children's cries by cooing and picking up the child in skin-on-skin comfort, then holding the child close to her bosom in mammary closeness. For the first 6 years of a child's life, children were in constant closeness with mothers, meaning wherever the child went, so did the mother. The Early Christians practiced birth nudity, where mother and child were in the nude next to each others. Mothers in biblical times breastfed their children, not just in private, but also in public.

Mammary closeness is the biblical way of doing time-in. Contrary to popular sentiment amongst men, the female breasts are not there primarily for being sexualized. A woman's bosom is designed as warm refuge for young children who need sustaining warmth from mothers. Children were picked up and cradled close to the bosom of mothers. Even older children were cradled next to the bosom of mothers when upset.

The modern application of mammary closeness is either going naked with your child in the family, prepared for a crying fit ahead of time, or else tucking children under your shirt when upset in public. The secular law of the land calls for clothing to be worn in public. Thus, when your child cries in public, tuck them underneath your shirt and lather them up with skin-on-skin comfort and sustenance, letting their head rest on your bosom. Mammary closeness is most certainly the quickest way into gentle parenting. 

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them forever be cast 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!

Elopement: What to do about toddlers and young children running off

Many parents have to worry about it. Most parents have been in this situation. A child runs off. Most parents then find the child, and then punish the child for being curious about their surroundings. However, at the same time, there are too many hazards in public for young children to be left on their two feet in public. The idea is that, when out and about in public, growing up in the Early Christian church communities, were swaddled next to the bosom of mothers, all the way up until age 6.

Swaddling children is part of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission in parenting. 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. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul to lift up the customary law that commands a secure attachment between parents and children in the family home. This secure attachment comes from parent submission, where parents are to submit to their children as their enemy, from beneath yet from above, expecting absolutely nothing in return.

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 offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including, but not limited, any punishments, 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. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times 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.

Elopement, meaning toddlers and young children running off, is a modern concept. Children quite often get lost in stores these days, with these incidents being entirely preventable. The Early Christians, due to the hazards outside, did not allow children to walk on their own two feet except when inside the family home. In the family home, young children ranged beside mothers, never leaving her side. However, when mothers were out and about, they swaddled next to the bosom of mothers in swaddling blankets.

Children in biblical times were prevented from running off in public. This was because children were swaddled next to the bosom of mothers, in swaddling blankets. Swaddling blankets were made of velvet, and were tied to the left breast, then across the dot to the right leg. Children were too busy soaking up the rays of skin-on-skin mammary closeness when swaddled to want to run away and explore. The child was then tucked under the mother's loose-fitting, revealing dress that resembled an apron. Mothers offered breastfeeding until the child pushed away the nipple, which signaled that the child was ready for solid foods.

This abovementioned setup, today, can prevent a catastrophe when your child runs away in a crowded store. There have been instances of young children being abducted while lost in a store. It is not good for children to have two feet on the ground. Instead, the child with the two feet should be held in swaddling blankets. When you swaddle your child next to your bare bosom, you gently keep them out of harm's way. Children up until age 6 are babies, and are to be treated as such.

Some children rejected closeness with mothers from an early age. These children were seen as stand-beside-me children. These children shook off the closeness of mothers as young at the toddler years. Such was allowed by more spirited children, but only under the condition that they stand beside mothers. In most cases, these children would have fit the modern diagnosis of oppositional-defiant disorder. Most children in the Early Church, as well as Ancient Jewish culture at large, had some traits of oppositional-defiant disorder, but wanted closeness in their earlier years.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke their children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them forever be cast 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!