How to Spank Your Wife

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It doesn’t talk about DNA or black holes or flatscreen TVs because these are concepts that would have been incomprehensible to the original recipients. This year, the American Psychological Association issued a strongly worded statement about corporal punishment warning of the danger of “increases in children’s behavior problems, even after controlling for race, gender and family socioeconomic status. The Talmud in Moed Katan (17a) prohibits a parent spanking an older child, based on the principle that we may not do something that will cause others to sin (lifnei iver). Modern Christians must become comfortable with biblical truth not necessarily coinciding with a literal reading.

It’s usually by yelling, “demanding” that one “complies without question” (that was partially because of the military) and generally the “just do as I say” without questioning why that certain behavior or situation was even happening. I’ve always been really good at setting boundaries and bringing issues up as they were happening, and I stick to those boundaries while trying to figure out the reasoning behind “it” whatever it is. Despite a statement that you’re likely to read in the very near future, this is not a book primarily about the adventures of an amorous South American beauty.The word of God repeats this over and over, that the chastening of the Lord is as His children, not as the Bride.

Peleh Yoetz (1824) says that even in the case of a young child, if the parents know that his nature is not to accept authority, they should discipline him using calm, soft tones. The one difference there was that his parents were fundamentalist (meaning “old school” or law oriented) and mine were not and were/are very grace (new testament) oriented. She is an adoptee, child abuse survivor, and former foster youth who has become an impassioned voice against the ritualistic practices around spanking as punishment. The quick resolve of immediate discipline allows you to reconnect, which in turn rapidly eliminates resentment.A friend of mine, who is actually not opposed to corporal punishment entirely, sent me this screenshot to work through what she read. Take the example of the two competing creation stories in Genesis, both of which were intentionally placed together and both of which serve humanity’s understanding of the “why” behind our creation. Disappointingly, though perhaps not surprisingly, most of the commentators understand that it isn’t a metaphor, it literally refers to disciplining one’s child.

pamelaparzio you say you are a believing Christian so I think you need to think about what you say here. Similarly, if King Solomon (the author of Proverbs) wanted to discuss disciplining children, he was going to use corporal punishment as his illustration because time-outs didn’t exist, and I suspected that neither did grounding or docking allowances. Critics of Abrahamic faiths point to seeming contradictions throughout the Bible as evidence that the Bible is unreliable, not understanding the spiritual value imbued in these differences. There’s no verse that says it’s okay to have a bedtime for your children, but we have one, and we have one rightly based on our authority as parents. Remember that being cherished is the greatest enabling thing you can show her that gives her emotional and spiritual security, as well as builds her trust in your leadership.I pray that you will take this to heart and consider what impact this may have on your life and those around you. Woe to the adult whose treatment of a child leads that child to hate their parents, their life, or their God! John swooped on her, swung her out of the chair, dropped into it himself, and upended her across his knee, all in one smooth, easy movement. You don’t have to use much force here—it isn’t necessary, the pain builds up slowly and you can keep up the good work for half an hour for a lasting impression in your wife’s mind. After all, Proverbs 22:6 reminds us that what we teach our children about godliness is what guides them for life… not how effectively we hit them.