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Essay / Discipline and Children: A Christian Perspective
Discipline or Violence“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not move away from it. » Proverbs 22:6 (ESV-Bible, 2001) Without a doubt, many parents today have never received proper instruction on how to discipline their children, and that is because they have been disciplined in the wrong way, because much of the discipline they received was repeatedly applied through negligence and even physical violence, resulting in them wanting to enforce what they received, even if it was applied in the wrong way. This is where the true way of disciplining children begins to take shape, and it is precisely in this day and age where many resources are available for those who want to use true discipline away from compromising situations, both for those who apply only for those who apply it. well for those who receive it, however, the first thing to be used today in the application of discipline is wisdom, for this will make a great difference between what the violence and what discipline properly applied is, and this will do is establish a foundation and an example for future generations to apply discipline, as the Bible says: "For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant , but later it produces the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. » Hebrews 12:11 (ESV-Bible, 2001) “First, and most fundamentally, children are vulnerable beings. They are orphans, “neighbors” and strangers who need compassion and justice; and therefore they need parents and other adults to protect them… (Bunge, 2008, p. 352)” This is precisely what today's parents must always keep in mind, and it does not can in no way be ignored because to do so would create situations in which those ultimate...... middle of paper ......t who do serve as an example to those who face discipline problems with their children. The world today does not need perfect people, but people who have had a real, personal encounter with the God of Glory. Under no circumstances should parents allow the enemies of souls to take advantage of the way they should discipline their children, as it is currently taught through rebellion, and especially when parents take the courage to teach principles that are written in the word of God. who pleases God, it will be created when parents truly love God and their children, “The devil seizes children (and even adults) whom no one instructs in the way of the Lord, and he throws them away hence under his influence. , like a toy on the waves, until his final goal in which they end up with him in hell, far from the presence of God. (Jambrek, 2009, p... 141)