CI News: 19 April 2024
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In the news this week: Westminster has rejected calls to ban smacking in England, the Health Secretary pledges to crack down on private gender clinics which prescribe puberty blockers to under-16s, and Masters Champion Scottie Scheffler gives glory to God.
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I should think so too - none of their business.
Saint Paul to the Hebrews ch12 v10 We ought to be even more willing to submit ourselves to our spiritual Father, to be given life. Our human fathers were thinking of this short life when they punished us, and could only do what they thought best; but He does it all for our own good, so that we may share his own holiness. Of course, any punishment is most painful at the time, and far from pleasant; but later , in those on whom it has been used, it bears fruit in peace and goodness.
Is the principle of smacking children actually Biblical? I cannot find evidence to support this view. In one or two places Proverbs refers to using 'the rod' against children, but that's either a metaphor for the principle of discipline - in which case it does not need to be physical hitting - or alternatively the Lord may intend it to be taken literally. In which case it would need to be a rod and nothing else. Not a hand. Or a slipper. Or an aluminium baking tray. Hebrews 12 makes it clear that disobedient children should be disciplined. That principle is clear. But the passage does NOT prescribe any particular form of punishment. Oh, and more recent research has shown that you're more likely to get lasting respect from children by convincing them WHY some actions are wrong. I certainly found that with my (now adult) sons.
Smacking your child is not ‘lovingly disciplining your child’ Parents smack their children out of anger not love, there are so many other ways to discipline a child without harming them. I’m a Christian and I’m against this.
Oranda, you are obviously not a parent. You may be in the ‘care-system’ , which necessitates all sorts of irreligious philosophies. A good parent administering a smack - keeps the child on the right path, and bears fruit in kindness and goodness. Otherwise children would be walking on the road , instead of the pavement, would defy parents at times and would not know right from wrong. One focuses the child’s mind , if he or she feels a smack on the bottom when he insists on climbing up to pots on the cooker. The matter is dealt with, and the child knows right from wrong. The alternative is : lengthy counselling, which may not bear fruit in the correct path in later life.
@@Randolph1233 There’s so many other ways to discipline a child and somehow you think smacking is the one that solves all children behavioural issues. Smacking leaves children fearful, it doesn’t teach them to regulate emotions. It teaches them to hide it instead. You don’t deal with a child’s angry emotional outbreak by responding in the same way. Rather model the behaviour of Christ and discipline from a loving stance. Smacking is never done out of love. It’s only done out of frustration, hate & anger