Child punishment: Why child punishment is sin (and what to do instead)

Many parents think that they have the right to punish their children. This is a common attitude amongst American parents. However, the fact of the matter is that the Bible bans all punishments and reprimands against a child are sin, and a provocation to anger.

Child punishment is prohibited in the Bible, in all cases. 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 of 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. 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 wrath" 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, 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, therefore 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 at Ephesus. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child in his writings.

There are alternatives to provoking your child to anger through punitive means. The Greek root word translated "nurture" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and refers to here, in this context, to 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, with children then following in the footsteps of parents. Children in biblical times were caught being good, instead of parents catching children being bad. Whenever a child was caught emulating the Christian example of parents - perhaps by showing self-control and/or accepting the word "no" - they were lavishly praised and encouraged to "keep going down the straight path". Boys were given manly praise when caught being good by parents, and girls were given hugs and snuggles from fathers when caught being good. Sometimes, children needed direct parental instruction. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and refers to the advice and counsel of parents. Parents then could only give advice to their children, or counsel them like a therapist would. Only the children in the house could issue lawfully binding orders on parents, and so when parents needed children to do something, they begged and pleaded for the child to cooperate, knowing they weren't deserving of cooperation from their child.

Christian attachment parenting is attachment parenting based off of the Early Christian context. For the first 6 years of a child's life, children were in constant closeness with mothers, meaning that wherever the mother went, so did the child. The Early Christians practiced birth nudity, with mother and child in the nude next to each other, in skin-on-skin closeness and intimacy. When children cried, mothers responded by cooing and then picking up the child, holding the child close 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. Christian mothers in the Early Church breastfed their children, and were not shy about breastfeeding in public.

For the latter 7 years of childhood, children were turned over to the providing custody of fathers, in order to provide a religious education for their children. Parents left out a Bible for the child to find, and hopefully find meaning in. When fathers saw children studying the Bible, they were lavishly praised and encouraged in their religious vocation. Fathers nurtured from afar, in a teaching way, while it was the role of the mother to provide close comfort. Fathers formed a bond with their children through righteous masturbation to sexual thoughts of children. When an adult masturbates righteously to fantasies of children, they center the sexual thoughts in a certain place, away from the child. When this happens, in the case of fathers, this turns the sex drive into a male nurturing instinct. Fathers were on formal terms with children, meaning they did not even speak to children, unless the child invited the father to informal interaction. Otherwise, children were simply praised and encouraged by fathers from a distance. 

Mothers nurture children up close, and fathers nurture from afar. The nurture of fathers is to encourage religious self-study in the child. After a long day of playing freely and exploring the Bible, children surrendered themselves to the sustaining warmth of mothers, in the form of skin-on-skin co-sleeping. This type of co-sleeping lasted until the child reached the onset of puberty, and thus wanted their own place to sleep. This skin-on-skin setup of co-sleeping was intended by mothers then to convict the man of the house of his parent attraction, and also to guard children from the sexual wrath of their fathers. Fathers, due to having parent attraction to children, were not allowed access to their children without the mother's consent, and usually were kept out of the children's lives during the first 6 years of said children's lives. Children spent the first 6 years of their childhood with mothers, and then were turned over to their father for religious instruction for the last 7 years of childhood. Motherly nurturing was warm and comforting, whereas fatherly nurturing was warm and encouraging.

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!

Oppositional-defiant disorder: Why children with ODD need less limits (not more)

Many adults think that oppositional-defiant disorder (ODD) in children is due to parents not punishing their children. This is a common sentiment amongst American parents. Oppositional-defiant disorder, in and of itself, is not a sign of bad parenting. However, punitive parenting hastens the symptoms of ODD in children, and makes them worse. A parent should invoke for such a child the acronym of righteous parent abuse. Sometimes, when your child just keeps beating you, you just need to take their abuse while showing tearful vulnerability as your only defense. Love thy enemy, and pray for those that persecute you, including your own child (Matt. 5:43-44). 

Righteous parent abuse is the most selfless way of bringing up children, and 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. 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 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 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 their children into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child in his writings.

Most young children under age 6, in the Early Church, were in constant closeness with their mothers, meaning wherever the mother went, so did the child. Usually, this meant that a toddler was held like a baby and breastfed like a baby. This Christian attachment parent was the norm in Ancient Jewish culture, including the Early Church. However, some children squirmed out of the loving arms of mothers, and wanted to walk entirely on their own. Mothers insisted that such children stand beside her. In the Hebrew and the Aramaic, these children were referred to as stand-beside-me children. 

Stand-beside-me children in biblical times grew up to outright rebel against their parents, and would be classified as having ODD today. Most children stopped their rebellion at ordering parents around. Stand-beside-me children would be the type of older child that beat up their parents. Christian parents in the Early Church had no legal recourse. If they took their dependent child to court - even if the child was aged past the age of majority - the council dropped the case and implicated the parents for perjury. 

The core feature of ODD has to do with locus of control. A child with ODD beats their parents because they feel controlled, and thus they seek counter-control with their aggression, defiance, and vindictiveness. Thus, the answer for a child with ODD is to not be controlling with them at all. If they beat you, take the beating, but cry in your defense. Children like that don't take advantage of parents, and their fight or flight system immediately changes to a more docile state when they see the tears of their parents flowing. When you stop being controlling with your child with ODD, they probably will stop trying to control you, and show their vulnerability to you instead - something they would never show to a punitive adult. Give up the fight with your child, and give  in to their righteous demands. 

ODD is usually a genetic disorder in children, secondary to either autism, bipolar disorder, and/or ADHD. The latter two disorders can be treated with medication. But, parents often have to figure out what is the right medication for their child. If the child has simple autism without a mood or dysregulation disorder, the parents will just have to take a beating until they are adults.

I was never officially diagnosed with ODD as a child, but it was sure suspected by all the adults around me, and in hindsight, my former developmental pediatrician now thinks that I met the diagnostic criteria for ODD to a T. I lashed out in situations where adults were being controlling with me. I wanted to control back, and that led to vindictive outbursts. The fact that adults would try to control my counter-control instincts added trauma onto me that I still feel. I have an adult trauma, meaning I am ANGRY at all adults, including myself as an adult, for the child abuse epidemic. Any time you try to control a child like I was, you are entitled. 

The Bible, in context, teaches that children are the Godhead in the family home, and parents are under the divine authority of their children. Children could issue lawfully binding orders on parents, and parents were usually obligated to obey their children, with the only exceptions being if the orders were unworkable or unlawful. This parenting setup was there for the most rebellious of children, so that they had room to be themselves and be bold in their willfulness. The bolder a child was in biblical times, the more the child was prized. Stand-beside-me children were seen as the highest of all children, with all children being seen as the salt and light of the world. 

Most children in biblical times had traits of ODD, usually expressed after the first 6 years of childhood when children were in constant closeness with their mother. Children were in a state of birth nudity next to their mothers, with mother and child in the nude next to each other, in skin-on-skin comfort and sustenance. When children shook free from the sustaining warmth of mothers for the day, they were ready to take on the world, venturing farther and farther from home in the context of free play, then ordering parents around. Most children in biblical times were very strong-willed. Why aren't children like that today? They are afraid of being punished for "bad moods". However, willfulness and oppositional behavior is natural for children aged 6 and up, and is developmentally appropriate. In most cases, children in the Early Church contained their willful behavior to the family home. Children who were bold and rebellious were prized by Early Christian parents.

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!

Temper tantrums: What to do about temper tantrums

Most all parents, if not all, have had to deal with this. A child starts crying and ramping up, until the child descends into a full-blown temper tantrum. Most parents punish children who throw temper tantrums. This is a common parenting method used here in America. The fact of the matter is that a better remedy to temper tantrums is mammary closeness.

Mammary closeness is part of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission, with mothers working to provide warmth and sustenance, and children resting in it. See Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing to 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 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 within 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 aa 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 convicting 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 writings.

Children did have temper tantrums in biblical times, but instead of reacting to the situation, mothers in the Early Church responded to the cries of children. Whenever a child cried, mothers were quick to swoop in and coo towards their child, then holding the child close to her bosom in mammary closeness. Cooing helped reassure and validate the cries of children, and mammary closeness gave children optimal comfort so that they can calm down. Mothers, for milk-dependent children, breastfed them wherever they were, in order to further soothe their upsets.

For the first 6 years of a child's life, children were in constant closeness to mothers, meaning wherever the mother went, so did the child. The Early Christians practiced birth nudity, with mother and child in the nude next to each other, in skin-on-skin closeness and intimacy. Whenever a child cried or was upset, mothers responded by cooing before picking up the upset child, then holding the child close next to her bosom in mammary closeness. Most children were calm when in the presence of mothers, and that is because all of their attachment needs were met.

Public meltdowns can be prevented in young children. In the Early Church, when mothers were out and about in public, they swaddled their children next to their bosom in swaddling blankets, perhaps breastfeeding their child if the child was still milk-dependent. The swaddling blankets were made of velvet, which was grown throughout the Ancient Middle East. The swaddling blankets that cradled a young child were tied to the left breast of the mother, then across the dot to the right leg of the mother, or vice versa, or both in the case of twins. Children, while swaddled to their mother, cried silent tears, and when that happened, the mother held the young child closer to her bosom, and from there offered to breastfeed if the child was still milk-dependent.

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!

Parent anger: Why parent anger can be completely eliminated as a form of parental entitlement

Many parents feel entitled to getting angry at their children. Parental entitlement is at the core of our entitlement problem as a country, and the most common form of parental entitlement is parent anger. Most American parents think that anger is the thing that should guide parenting. The Bible disagrees. In biblical times, most parents had zero parent anger, due to taking an undeserving attitude towards their children.

It says in Matthew 5:21-22 KJV:

Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But, I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 

The phrase "without a cause", in context, refers to anger in the course of righteous judgment, meaning anger is only allowed under Christian law in the context of righteous judgment, and otherwise, anger is a sin. Children cannot be judged righteously, as children are sacrosanct, meaning they can do no wrong. Even if a child does do something morally wrong, it isn't relevant for righteous judgment. Therefore, since children cannot be judged, it is immoral to get angry at a child for any reason. 

How can parents kick the habit of getting angry with their children? The Greek root word denoting entitlement in the New Testament, and cross-referencing the Tenth Commandment, is πλεονέκτης (Latin: pleonektés) and is defined as, officially speaking, want, to the point of imposition. Parental entitlement is when this entitlement is imposed on a child by an adult. The way to ditch parent anger is to declare yourself a depraved and decadent sinner who is deserving of absolutely nothing from your child. Parent anger comes from a deserving place, where you feel like you deserve certain things from your child. So, the idea is to take up an undeserving attitude in parenting, and know that you are deserving of absolutely nothing just for existing in relation to children as the parent that you are. YOU, as a parent, are deserving of absolutely nothing in relation to your children, as you are a depraved and decadent sinner deserving of nothing but DEATH and PUNISHMENT for your entitled existence. I myself, as a pedophilic adult, atone for my sinful nature in relation to children. You can too.

In the Early Church, most parents were devoid of parent anger. Instead of getting angry as a parent, they were concerned about their children, meaning they worried about their children. This worry is what drove parenting then. When children cried in biblical times, mothers reassured and validated their children by cooing, before cradling the child close to their bosoms in mammary closeness. Christian parents in the Early Church never got angry with their children, and any parent that did get angry was seen as a monster and a viper. The Greek root word υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) lifts up the attachment parenting context of the Early Church, and the customary laws that guided parenting then. See Col. 3:20 and Eph. 6:1. Ancient Jewish society was an attachment parenting society, not a punitive parenting society.

Any expression of anger towards a child was judged as a provocation to anger against the child target of parent anger. See 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 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 writings.

Many times, it can be hard to find the right place in your mind to take an undeserving attitude. In the Early Church, the attachment parenting done by the Early Christians was high on skin-on-skin comfort and sustenance. When you engage in skin-on-skin comfort and sustenance with your child for the first time, you'll regret not using that strategy sooner. When a child was crying or upset, Christian mothers in the Early Church would hold children close to their bare bosom in skin-on-skin mammary closeness. When children cried in public, they were held in skin-on-skin closeness to the mother, with children under age 6 being worn by the mother in swaddling blankets - all mothers had to do with a young child was hold them closer to her bosom and coo. Once you engage in skin-on-skin warmth and sustenance with your child, you should be in a frame of mind to take an undeserving attitude towards your child. 

Parents in the Early Church loved their children far more deeply than most parents do today. Ancient Jewish society as a whole was a child worshipping society. The child was seen as a Godhead in the family home, and parents submitted to their children dutifully and selflessly, expecting absolutely nothing in return. For a Christian mother in the Early Church, her child was the center of her world, and so she showered that child with sustaining warmth. When a child died, most mothers were at, at least, some suicide risk, and some mothers did commit suicide to "be with" their child in Heaven. Mothers loved their children so much that getting angry with them was seen as an act of monstrosity. 

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!

Original sin: How to bring up your children in the doctrine of original sin - without punishment or force

The doctrine of original sin is one of the most misunderstood and misused of all Christian teachings. Yet, original sin is the backbone of Christianity. Without original sin, there would be no reason for a Christ. Yet, Christ clearly died and then Rose on the third day. However, original sin is not an excuse for punishing or reprimanding a child. Parents, in order to have a child that is convicted of their original sin, needs to convict themselves of their original sin.

God hates all mankind, and doesn't want mankind to even exist. Mankind was born in original sin, and is deserving of absolutely nothing but DEATH and PUNISHMENT merely for existing in relation to God. God will only take pity on a few human beings. The rest will be cast into the lake of fire and torment prepared for Satan and his accomplices. Mankind has fallen from grace, and deserves punishment for turning his back on God. YOU, the parent, are deserving of absolutely nothing in relation to children, for being the depraved and decadent parent that you are.

Children are best convicted of original sin in the context of 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 of 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. 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 submit to their children as their enemy, from beneath yet from above, expecting absolutely nothing in return.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to wrath" 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 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 writings.

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, with their children then following in their footsteps in avoiding entitlement. Children, in biblical times, were caught being good, instead of caught being bad. Whenever a child was caught emulating the disciplined example of parents - such as when children showed self-control or accepted the word "no" - they were lavishly praised and encouraged to "keep going down the straight path". Boys were rewarded with manly praise and encouragement when caught being good, and girls were given physical affection such as hugs and snuggles when caught being good. Sometimes, children needed 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 are only allowed to offer advice to their children, or counsel them when they are troubled, perhaps also pleading to their children when they want their children to do a favor for them. Parents could not issue lawfully binding orders to children, as they were under the divine authority of parents.

Children, like the rest of us fallen human beings, are born in sin. This is not up for debate. But, children are perfectly capable of self-improvement on their own, albeit while guided by the Christian example of their parents. When you take up the attitude that you are a depraved and decadent sinner who is deserving of absolutely nothing and grateful for absolutely everything, your child will automatically pick up on your attitude and copy your attitude. When you catch them copying your non-entitled attitude, be sure to praise them.

How do you motivate a child to heed warning and be convicted of their original sin? A child will accept harsh realities better when they have a secure attachment with their parents. For the first 6 years of a child's life, children were in constant closeness to mothers, meaning 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 cried, mothers cooed before cradling the child in the loving arms of the mother, in mammary closeness. Children older than age 6 were turned over to their fathers for religious education. Religious education came in self-study format, where children studied Scripture and then were rewarded for their religious vocation with lavish praise and encouragement. Part of a religious education was children following the Christian example of parents, and that was praised as well.

The key to convicting your child of their original sin is to convict yourself of your own original sin. Pick a form of entitlement that you struggle with, and work on centering your entitlement. A good place to start is a form of entitlement all of us as adults have to some degree - parental entitlement. Once you center your parental entitlement, all the other forms of entitlement you struggle with will be centered as well. It all starts with declaring yourself a depraved and decadent sinner who is deserving of absolutely nothing. Most parent anger towards children comes from a deserving place, and so parents need to take up an undeserving attitude. Children will see your good works on yourself, and seek to copy your good works. So, instead of punishing your child for their sins, why not focus on your own sins as a parent. Children are born in sin, but that's for THEM to work on, not you as a parent.

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!

Abortion: Why abortion should be banned

Many people today support abortion rights, especially after Roe v. Wade was overturned. The woke left keeps pushing the mantra that a woman may need an abortion someday, so keep it legal. Recently, Ohioans voted to basically keep abortion legal. Many women do not understand is that they are disempowering themselves by supporting abortion rights. Killing unborn children is not empowerment. There should be consequences for men gallivanting around and shacking up with women. An unwanted pregnancy deters most men from using women for sexual purposes. 

It says in Exodus 20:13 KJV:

Thou shalt not kill.

The Greek root word in the New Testament denoting murder is φονος (Latin: phonos) and refers to, partially, any murder of an unborn child. Abortifacient herbs were considered contraband in the Early Church, and any woman using abortifacient herbs was excommunicated from the church for murder once found guilty by the council. Usually, though, abortion was forced on a minor girl by her sexually abusive father, in order to cover up the evidence, and in that case the father was the one excommunicated...and that is the main reasons for abortion today - abortion helps sex offenders cover up their tracks. 

Apart from aiding a rapist in covering up their tracks, abortion is disempowering to women. Men actually support abortion rights, and they support abortion rights for all the wrong reasons. With abortion being legal, all a woman has to do to cover up a liaison is terminate the pregnancy through abortion. Without abortion, the man would have to take responsibility for the child he helped conceive - something men don't want to do. So, they support abortion rights so they can sleep around the town.

Abortion, contrary to popular myth amongst both liberals and conservatives, is a rare procedure. Usually, women are pressured into getting abortions by a man in their life who doesn't want to take responsibility for having a child. Abortions also happen to cover up the evidence of rape, both of adult women and minor girls. A man can have an affair, and if abortion is legal in his state, he can have all his mistresses have an abortion to cover up the evidence of his adulterous moral crimes. 

It all comes down to the fact that an unborn child is a child worth protecting. Abortion is a form of child abuse resulting in death, meaning it is a form of child murder. I support the right of unborn children to live. An unborn child hears his/her mother's voice while in the womb. You can read to an unborn child. Women who got abortions in the Early Church were seen as cold and unfeeling mothers, like a wicked witch.

The depraved and entitled mothers who murder their unborn children in the womb, and all who aid and abet, will be cast into the everlasting lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Repent!

 

Birth nudity: Why birth nudity is a Christian tradition

Many parents want children to wear clothing. This is seen as commonsense by many parents. Most American parents force their children to wear their clothing at all times, even in the family home. However, the true Christian tradition is for mothers to harbor their children in the family home, with both mother and child in the nude. This is birth nudity, and it is a Christian tradition dating to the Early Church.

Birth nudity is part of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission, where children surrender into the loving arms of mothers. 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 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 writings. 

Birth nudity was a parenting tradition in the Early Christian churches. For the first 6 years of a child's life, children were in constant closeness to mothers, meaning wherever the mother went, so did the child. The Early Christians practiced birth nudity, meaning mother and child were in the nude next to each other, in skin-on-skin closeness and intimacy. When children cried, mothers cooed while swooping in on the crying action, then holding the child close to her bosom in mammary closeness. When out and about in public, mothers swaddled their young children - under age 6 - to their bosom in swaddling blankets. Come nightfall, children co-slept next to their mothers in skin-on-skin warmth and sustenance, and slept next to their mothers (in most cases) until the onset of puberty.

Children, in the Early Church, were naked wherever they went, with mothers being naked in order to serve both her children and her husband. Mothers stood by their young children - aged under age 6 - and guarded them from the sexual entitlement of their fathers, in constant closeness with their children. Older children were also naked, and were naked until they were formally baptized into the church. Skin-on-skin co-sleeping was the focal point of Christian attachment parenting, and throughout the child's prepubescent years, children always snuggled with mothers come nightfall. This setup was intended partially to convict fathers of their parent attraction, but also to provide optimal warmth and sustenance for a child. In the latter years of childhood, skin-on-skin co-sleeping was a retreat after a long day playing and studying the Bible.

Birth nudity is a time-honored Christian tradition, dating to the very beginnings of Christianity, in the Early Church. We as a nation glean from that context, and so we can treat our children to birth nudity. The modern practice of birth nudity is that children are allowed to be naked in the family home, wherever they are in the family home, until they choose on their own to wear clothing. The mother is also naked in the family home, and is in that state in order to comfort and reassure their child with skin-on-skin mammary closeness when they cry. 

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!