Parents physically discipline their children? Right? Wrong?

The best and RIGHT way is NOT to use hitting/ punishment, because it has never worked, in history. The best way is to show/ lead your children with True Love, not with punishment/ hitting/ discipline. It might seem to work, that your child might listen to you, out of fear, after you spank him many times, but at the end, your child will never truly respect u, and you will realize this when your child leaves your house.

The proofs? ONE. Don't learn from TV.

Learn from the master of the universe, the Creator, himself. Even God learned that He could not teach humans with punishment/ severe discipline. In the Old Testament, God wiped out humans with flood, destruction (Sodom and Gomorrah), gave them greatest miracles (parting the Red Sea, water turned to blood, etc), punished them for 40 years, but at the end, they still came back to bad again (forgetting God).

That's why in the New Testament, God approached humans differently, not by punishment/ anger, but Jesus showing them how to truly love (to practice True Love) by example, by sacrificing His only son, Jesus. TWO. Watch this movie “Freedom Writers”, based on a true story.

From the outside, the teacher, played by Hillary Swank, might look, easy to bully, not the dominant/ authoritative kind. But imagine along the way, she could lead/ teach the most-difficult-to-deal-with kids. Those who came from shoot-out neighborhood, or tough/ criminal family.

How? She taught/ led with True Love. Sacrifice.

She respected her students like no one else. Had she insisted on using authoritative discipline/ corporal punishment, she would have not succeeded. Instead, it’s easier to lead the kids with third parties, like the historical figure who helped Anne Frank’s family, True Leaders who lived for the happiness of others, by understanding the kids' problems, where they came from (compassion), by sacrificing to work 3 jobs just to be able to take the kids to have nice dinners or go to Museums (in doing so, she respected the kids like equals), by believing in their potentials.

This story proves that, with True Love, you can deal with/ raise the most difficult/ worst kind of children properly and rightly. What conclusion can we draw from God's story and Freedom Writers? We must treat our children like equals.

When u/ God punish/ discipline them, they would think that u/ God are higher (the boss) than they are. But when you lead them with True Love, they would feel that you and them are equals/ one level. Leading them is more powerful/ effective than forcing them.

The same way, earning respect is more powerful/ effective than demanding it. "Come, let me show you the way" is more powerful/ effective and works better than "If you don't do this, I will punish/ hit you". God bless you and all your family.

I think it's okay to give your child a swat on the butt for doing something dangerous like trying to stick something in an electric socket or run into the street or if they are not listening after being warned about 3 times. But as long as the swat/spanking is not overdone or something like a belt is used. But these days a lot of people are saying a spanking is abuse so some parents will not do it because they hear it's abusive.

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