Principles for Parenting Pre-Teens

Audio #4: Why Spanking doesn't work - Part 2

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4. Too little too light

• Heb 12:11

5. Negative Reinforcement

• Reinforcing the wrong things

6. Lack of respect

• Eph 6:4; Col 3:21

7. Disciplining the wrong things

• The rod, as a symbol of authority, is to be used for challenges to authority

8. Disunity between parents

9. Excuses: not accepting responsibility

• Never ask “Why did you do that?”
• The Bible never tells us to say “Sorry”

10. Lack of resolution           

• Deal with feelings of guilt as well as the fact of guilt