The Bible and Child Raising: What Went Wrong?

In Proverbs 22:26, it says "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he shall not depart from it". This is where the problem lies in our youth today. That is lack of proper training. We do not instill morals into our children at all. We let them do what they want and never discipline a child to keep him on the right path.

People today think that spanking is abuse. I am telling you that sometimes that is the case, but in many cases that is far from true. Proverbs 22:15 says, "Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of correction will drive it far from him." But yet laws have been made to keep this form of discipline from happening to are children. We can't scold them, spank them or anything that people think is abuse.

I want to point out that in todays society, child pornography, child predators, sexual immorality among children, violence, murder, thievery and many more terrible things are happening among our youth today. There was a day that you would never have heard or read about 4 children having sex in a class room. That is a shame to us as parents that such children would even be capable of thinking of such things.

Proverbs 23:13 tells us; "Do not hold correction from a child, for if you beat him with a rod he shall not die. 14: You shall beat him with a rod and deliver his soul from hell." Proverbs 29:15: "The rod and rebuke brings wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother." Every single one of these words of truth are ignored and in fact they are fought against in the name of being non abusive.

Let us not mistake love with apathy and permissiveness toward our children. Children are a blessing from God and a responsibility. When children are gunning down other children and adults, we have to look back at the training the received from their parents or guardians. Letting children do whatever they want and not disciplining them when needed including spanking is not love. It is neglect at its worse and lack of caring on the parents part.

We also as adults need to set an example to our children. Do we have multiple sex partners? Are we having sex in front or around are children? What about our language and what we say in front of our children? What are we teaching our children? Do we allow our children to yell at us, disrespect us, and hit us? If so we are guilty of abusing our children in a hideous way.

Now i know someone is going to say, "If you spank them you are teaching them that hitting is all right." Absolutely not. When we spank our children we only spank when absolutely necessary and in love. Never raising our voices to them but applying the rod of discipline. Never use your hands, that is a big no no. And never slap a child that is absolutely wrong.

So you see it is the lack of raising as a whole that is turning our children into little monsters and maniacs that go around killing, raping, having sex with each other, teachers and the list goes on. Think about this, when we stand before your maker we will have to answer for the way we raise our children.