Listener-style question: what does Christian discipline of children look like?
- What does raising a child in discipline look like in a Christian household, and what does the Bible say about it?
A participant the hosts address as 'Bubba' (also 'boob') asks the dads a question: a friend's sweet boy has years of discipline problems and temper outbursts, and he wants to know what raising a child in discipline looks like in a Christian household — he's seen everything from coddling ('the child is always right') to 'capital punishment.' The dads answer: every child is different; bathe it in prayer; never discipline out of anger; set rules beforehand; rare-but-memorable physical discipline followed by embracing the child; lay out choices and let kids feel consequences; don't fight your child — you're teaching future Christ-followers; be the reality they can trust, admit when you blew it and apologize. They close by checking: 'was that hitting what you were looking for?' — 'Thanks, fellas.'
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