Last Sunday’s preaching to us was about
parenting. The key verse was Proverbs
22:6:
“Train
up a child in the way he should go, that when he is old, he will not depart
from it”
Then, the pastor tackles about how to
discipline our children. And yes, the
bible agrees with spanking/hitting them as told in Proverbs 13:24 and Proverbs
29:15.
Proverbs 13:24
“Whoever
spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is
careful to discipline them”
Proverbs 29:15
“A
rod and a reprimand impart wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces his
mother.”
So why am I telling you this? Because
early this morning I hit my baby. Neo
had been playing with our aircon from the moment he was able reach it (he
already broke the OFF button, so our aircon won’t switch off until we plug it
out of the socket.) Now, for quite some
time, he’s focusing on turning the cooler high and low – and for quite some
time too, I have been telling him not to.
Earlier, when I was getting ready for work, dressing up, Neo again
played with the cooler button of the aircon.
I told him not to – but he won’t listen.
Then I grabbed the closest thing to me – a pencil – and hit the back of
his wrist 3 times. I know for sure it
was painful. He cried a whole lot and won’t go near me for a good 15secs. Though after that, he hugged me and I told
him that he should not play with the aircon (well, I’ve been telling him that
for more than a month already, but I think I still should reiterate).
I felt guilty afterwards. I know I should hit him and tell him what he
did wrong. But I know I’m wrong too. He is too young (17 months) to understand
what is wrong. And I used pencil, not my
hand as I should use this in caressing him.
Well, I think I’ll have to exercise more and more and more patience (I
know I did, but I think it should me more pa).
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