My second article as a contributor to The Blaze is about an important but controversial subject. Do you spank your kids? On second thought, don’t answer that question, especially if you live in Michigan, where a mom faces prison (yes, actual prison) for disciplining one of her children with a wooden paddle; or Delaware, which passed the nation’s first “anti-spanking law” in 2012 by redefining child abuse laws to include any act that causes “pain.” Now “pain” has a pretty … [Read more...]
Withhold not the rod – Nine principles for parents who spank
Given today’s twisted, anti-Christian, topsy-turvy notions of right and wrong, especially in child-rearing, where it’s supposedly "wrong" to spank your children because it could make them "violent," yet seemingly a higher percentage of kids than ever before are growing up dysfunctional, rebellious, uncontrollable, drug-addicted, violent and, in some cases, downright murderous, Christian parents who Biblically discipline their children are quickly becoming outside the norm. All too real is the … [Read more...]