Spare The Rod, Spoil The Child.

The rate of crime, rape, suicide, murder in the world today is alarming. Daily in the news, a case will be mentioned. This got me thinking recently and I realised that one major reason why all these things are happening is because of the way we all are raising our kids.
When kids go wrong, some parents ignore it while a few deal with it on the spot. Some countries don't allow parents to spank their kids when they go wrong. They will be arrested for spanking or trying to call their kid(s) to order. Some kids will call 911 (The Police) or threaten to call the police on their parents when they want to spank or discipline them for doing something wrong. How did our kids come to have such powers over their parents? Children have become so powerful because of

           

  the laws of some countries.  These laws are destroying our societies and they are making our children what they were not created by God to be.

I read an article where a lady said that the son of the man who fought for the crazy law to be enacted in his country committed suicide. Why will this not happen? If a parent sees that a child has suicidal tendencies, the parent should deal with it head on or else, he will regret it later in the future.
As a result of these laws which support freedom of expression, a child could call his father, mother, uncles, aunties, grand parents by their names. Where is the respect? Some children capitalize on it by dressing scandalously because they know that their parents can't stop or force them to take off the clothes. Some kids have deliberately lied on their parents and got them arrested because they don't like them.
Pro 29:15&17 says, "15 The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother. 17 Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart. (ESV)". Why will a child not bring shame and heart pains to his parents when they don't discipline their kids? Rod can give a child wisdom and give you rest.

Pro 22: 6& 15 says, " 6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it, 15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him (ESV)".
Some parents will fight any one who spanks their kids. God can use any one including you, the parent, to correct a child. There are times you use the rod and times you use the power of words to correct a child. You could also ignore once in a while. Words and ignoring a child could be as effective as the rod a times. Some times kids become scared when their dads keep quiet when they have done some thing bad. This does not mean that you should ignore the rod when it is necessary.

Pro 23:13 & 14 says, ( Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. 14 If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol. (ESV).
Using the rod shows that you love your child. Children may think you hate them when you use the rod but Pro 13 : 24 says, " Whoever spares the rod hates his son,
but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him. (ESV)". Children, Dad and Mum do not hate you when they use the rod on you for doing something wrong. I know some parents abuse it but a genuine parent will not use the rod on you if he does not love you. Parental love makes parents spank and rebuke their kids when they go wrong.
Lastly,  when you use the rod or spank and discipline a child, make sure you explain to him the reason you did that or else the child will think that you hate him. Wilson Ileogben.