Whatever happened to old-fashioned spankings? (standard:Inspirational stories, 911 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Jul 08 2012	Views/Reads: 7345/2467	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Sometimes watching the news on television gets rather disparaging. Now that we have 24/7 news, not only can we see the news any time we want to, but we can see it over and over and over again. It is particularly disheartening when there is a "slow&qu

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Respecting other people is not something that comes naturally. Everybody
needs to be taught that everybody deserves respect. Some people have 
earned more respect than others, I grant you. However, nobody deserves 
deliberate disrespect like those kids gave that bus lady. 

With all the studies are being done through our governmental grant
programs, I wonder why nobody has ever, at least to my knowledge, done 
a study on the importance of discipline in the home. 

It is at this point I must agree most heartily with the scriptural
injunction on this subject. Solomon, the wisest man in the world, had 
much to say about disciplining children. And if anybody should know 
about disciplining children, it was Solomon. 

"Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction
shall drive it far from him" (Proverbs 22:15 KJV). 

"He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes" (Proverbs 13:24 KJV). 

Disciplining children to ensure they grow up to be proper adults demands
a whole lot of energy especially from parents. Love sometimes carries a 
large stick. 


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