The Dangers of Passive Parenting (Proverbs 19)
There's an odd expression in Proverbs 19. "Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death." The author is saying discipline teaches a child how to live, but passive parents set their kids up for self-destruction. What would make a parent passive? Not knowing how to discipline and the fear of losing kids to the other home paralyzes parents and stepparents. But passivity leads to death. Find your nerve as a parent and offer them life, instead.
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About the Guest
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There's an odd expression in Proverbs 19. "Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death." The author is saying discipline teaches a child how to live, but passive parents set their kids up for self-destruction. What would make a parent passive? Not knowing how to discipline and the fear of losing kids to the other home paralyzes parents and stepparents. But passivity leads to death. Find your nerve as a parent and offer them life, instead.
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and ...more
Why would a parent put their child to death?
The Dangers of Passive Parenting (Proverbs 19)
Ron: Why would a parent put their child to death?
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Ron: There’s an odd expression in Proverbs 19. “Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.” The author is saying discipline teaches a child how to live, but passive parents set their kids up for self-destruction—in other words, death.
Now, what would make a parent passive? Not knowing how to discipline or losing their nerve to follow through. In single parent and stepfamily homes sometimes the fear of losing kids to the other home or feeling sorry for all that they’ve been through paralyzes parents and stepparents. But passivity just leads to death. Find your nerve as a parent and offer them life, instead. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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