Advice about childrearing and discipline can be found throughout the Bible and many of the Proverbs, as presented in the King James Bible, provide familiar instructions for parents. While 21st century parents may have largely departed from these approaches, they are so much a part of our thinking about the nature of childhood, that it difficult to ignore such exhortations as:
Train up a child in the way he should go: when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22.6, or correct thy son and he will give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. Proverbs 29.17
ps 127:4:-As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.(KJV)
ReplyDeleteFamily and community are important in many communities. However, maybe we could remember that here in the UK, during a time of a receding welfare state!