Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Prov 22:6
Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them. Prov 13:24
"MY SON, DO NOT REGARD LIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD, NOR FAINT WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED BY HIM; FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES." It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?…Heb 12:5-7
When caught doing something we were instructed not to, my Mom use to make us go outside and pick out a willow switch. This gave us time to think about what we did to deserve the punishment we were about to receive. I can't recall a single incident where I didn't deserve it. No lasting scars. Only a lasting respect for my parents and their boundaries...boundaries that kept me and my siblings from a worse fate.
We were not (and are not) angels...but, we do know how we're suppose to behave. And when we choose not to behave, we know enough not to blame others for whatever "repercussions" come our way. Our take away from corporal punishment was simply this.....personal responsibility.
Invaluable!!
Thank-you, Mom and Dad, for the courage and LOVE it took for you to make us go get those switches and understand the consequences of our actions. I love you all the more for it.
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