We teach our children that every behavior good or bad has a consequence. Then we spank them and hug them tightly afterwards, explaining that we don’t like to do this but, because we love them we have to show them there are painful consequences for bad behavior.Įphesians 6:4 says “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” Everything does not deserve a spanking. We share that this is a consequence for the choices they made. We briefly explain to them why their behavior equates to a spanking and what a better choice would of been. This is incredibly effective with toddlers that do not understand long explanations but, right and wrong in the simplest manner. Also, to associate pain with those actions. Just enough to show them their actions are wrong. It is meant to cause temporary pain that leaves no marks of any kind. Spanking is not meant to harm the child in any serious way. This is exactly how we have treated our children. He would always hug and love on me afterwards. He would never raise his voice or do it in anger. My dad would always tell me he is spanking me because, he loves me.
I was raised in a household that modeled Godly love any time I was spanked. We show our kids God’s love before, during & after a spanking. In the end, their souls are what matters since we have such a short period of time to train them up in Christ. We might not really like it or it might not make us feel great. We love our kids enough to follow God’s word on how to raise them. These are just a few of the verses we have seen so much truth in.
Proverbs 29:15 says “The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.” (Version) Proverbs 13:24 says ” Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.” (Version)
At the same time we never debate what God’s word says and we try our best to follow it. Yes, we fall short constantly of what we know we should be doing. We do not pick and choose what we decide to believe and form our own opinions on different topics. We spank our children because the Bible tells us to.įirst and foremost, we believe EVERYTHING in the Bible. Most importantly, I’m sharing what the Bible says about it. So, I want to share with you why and how we spank our children. We do believe discipline is very important in the younger years. We realized it taught us amazing life lessons while not creating fear in any way. Even though we were young, we loved Jesus with all of our hearts and wanted to raise our kids to do the same. My husband and I were 20 and 22 when we first got married.
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