"Christian" parents often take a far too hands-off approach with their children. Some are so far gone that they believe any punishment is wrong - and their children are hell-spawn. This is not a Biblical belief and they are avoiding their responsibilities as parents.

I'm going to quickly go into what the Bible says about disciplining your children so that;

  1. You can take action on this yourself if you have kids.

  2. You have the knowledge to help push Christian parents in the correct way.

Firstly - Proverbs 13:24 "Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him."

This is where the saying "Spare the rod, spoil the child" was paraphrased from.

Yes - you can physically reprimand your children. It isn't advocating for turning your children black and blue, it's talking about inflicting pain (in response to a bad action) that won't leave any lasting damage.

To go along with that verse - Proverbs 23:13-15 "Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol. My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad."

Here King Solomon - one of the wisest men to ever live - is going as far as to say withholding physical discipline will end with your kid going down the path to Hell. The kids I talked about above acting like hell-spawn doesn't work itself out with time. The problem will only get worse and ends as poorly as possible.

Hebrews 12:11 "For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it."

Discipline yields peace and righteousness - self explanatory.

Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it."

This is a general verse - but it reflects the mess we've ended ourselves up in, and why societies crumble time and time again. Kids who aren't parented properly become adults, and cause practically every problem we ever see - here are some statistics on how divorce negatively impacts kids' behavior. Kids who are properly parented rarely leave the straight and narrow.

And one last one from Proverbs 29:17 - "Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.

Surprise surprise - children who are disciplined won't be as rowdy and will give you rest. What a shocker.

Disciplining your children is your responsibility as a parent - and if you don't, you're leading your kids down the path to Hell. Don't be that parent.