Nurturing our preschool children (5)
Rev. Wilbur Bruinsma addresses the biblical necessity of discipline in Christian child-rearing, arguing that proper correction and the cultivation of self-control are essential to nurturing children in knowledge of right and wrong. The article challenges modern parenting methods that ignore sin and advocates for parents to apply scriptural principles in disciplining their children despite cultural opposition to such methods.
Previous article in this series: February 1, 2022, p. 205. Nurturing involves discipline. Discipline is necessary to cultivate in our children a sense of what is right and wrong. There are various forms of discipline, of course -- from an angry, disapproving look to a good, sound spanking. The latter of these is frowned upon and even condemned by the unbelieving world as abuse. The world does not take into account what God requires for the careful nurturing of children. But, as is always the...
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