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After reading the
previous article in this series, you might be asking, What should I do if I call my child and he purposefully runs the other way, laughing?
The first time a child willfully disobeys your call to come, go to him, take his hand and lead him to the spanking area, which is a private place away from the family and the circumstances of the moment.
Hold him on your lap and say, "Mama can bless an obedient child; but a disobedient child receives pain. Do not…” and then you can tell him what he did wrong. For example, “Do no run away when I call you to come.”
Put him over your knee and spank (firmly) once.
Then hug and kiss and bless. You might say something like, "When you do not come to me, you will always receive this spank. Come to me when I call you. Obedience brings blessing; disobedience brings pain."
You can then pray, "Lord, help (child's name) to grow in obedience" and add, "I love you, Darlin’, and I want you to learn to hear and cheerfully obey your Mama's voice."
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CAUTION ABOUT SPANKING
My heart is heavy as I share these thoughts because the tool of spanking in the hands of an angry parent can be abused, and so I pray His Spirit ministers to each of you about the gravity of child training using this tool. Let love rule your own hearts as you minister to your children's hearts.
It should be a serious time with your child—not a flippant time—and a time to correct disobedience. When training, much love needs to take place before, during, and after the spanking; and mom's heart needs to be engaged with the Lord and her child during these times. Child training requires a lot of time!
Spanking should be used carefully and infrequently, not often and liberally. If used as a careful and infrequent tool only for disobedience, it should do its work efficiently when applied in love and with instruction.
One mom and I discussed her son’s anger while being trained. Read more of that conversation
here.
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