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When Lenience Is Cruelty - Legacy of Pampering Parents

When Lenience Is Cruelty - Legacy of Pampering Parents

Update: 2025-09-29
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“Hands-off” parenting advocates scorn the use of physical correction, but what does the Bible say? Hosts Scott Brown and Jason Dohm, joined by Scott’s wife Deborah, explain that disobedience, dishonor, and dishonesty call for the rod. And how should such correction be pursued? First, make sure there is a fault committed that has just cause. Second, make sure your child is convinced that he has sinned. Third, pray for yourself and your children before correcting them. Fourth, correct them in love. Fifth, make sure your emotions are under control when you discipline them. And, sixth, correct by word and instruction before correcting by the rod. In all this, recognize that just as God lovingly corrects His sons, so we, too, must correct our children (Heb. 12:5-11). 

Learn more on these points in: A Holy Vision for Raising Children 

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When Lenience Is Cruelty - Legacy of Pampering Parents

When Lenience Is Cruelty - Legacy of Pampering Parents

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