Should you spoil your children?

Question

It does not say anywhere in the bible spare the rod spoil the child. If you find the scripture please direct me to it.

However it does say in proverbs 22:6 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it

But it does not say don't spoil your child.

Answer 1

DEFINATELY! to give them everything i was never allowed. and if you can spoil your kids and still keep them in line, go for it. besides that, when your kids have kids, you will spoil them, won't you?

Answer 2

We are raising children who want things when and where they ask for them which is making for a very self-serving, impatient society. Perhaps if we use more discipline and not entertain their every whim future generations might stand a chance!

"Spare the rod, spoil the child"? Maybe that's a little extreme, but it's true that whatever you teach your child now will stay with him throughout his life (and pass down).

Answer 3

Why not? Give your child EVERYTHING he/she asks for because they need it. If they want it, give it to them. Don't hold back, what if they decide to hate you? We can't have that... we have to make sure your child has everything they want. You want a what? A gun to bring to school to shoot up other kids? Sure, don't go to no dealer on the streets... I'll go get you one from Wal*Mart and I'll help you shoot some kids...

Spare the rod, spoil the child.
Let them cry now, or you'll cry later...

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Answer 4

Do you mean spoil as in give them anything they ask for, when they ask for it, no matter what it is. Then no. I don't believe that children benefit from never hearing NO.

To spoil your kids while on vacation or at Christmas time or their Birthdays, then that's different.

I do know a few spoilt children who want for nothing and I don't like them as people, but that is their parents fault, they know no better. Start as you mean to go on!

Answer 5

No. - toys, candy, doing what they want and NEVER doing chores, leting them act up in public (Don't give IN!!), more than 1 hr of console games/T.V. a day,... etc

Yes - Healthy food, education, things that ACTUALY stimulate the mind, a (single) small pet that THEY care for, books that you can read and bond with, love & kindness in abundance, go to the park and have picknics, teach them Dungeons & Dragons...

We have enough couch potato's!!!

Answer 6

"He who spareth the rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him correcteth him betimes" (Proverbs 13:24) and "Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell." (Proverbs 23:13-14) "A wise son loves correction, but the sneseless one heeds no rebuke." (proverbs 13:1)

I think what happened is that someone paraphrased it and it became accepted as the standard.

Answer 7

You can buy them stuff but perhaps you could do it using a reward system. If they are good all day they get a star and when they have 10 stars they get a toy. Otherwise they will expect to get everything in life for no effort.

Answer 8

r u sick or mad or sold ur mind somewhere
SPARE THE ROD SPOIL THE CHILD
LOVE THEM AS MUCH POSSIBLE
NEVER BECOME A PRESSURE FOR THEM
teach them whts right whts wrong
if chocolates hav some harms they hav some good points too
be a freind to them
teach them and make them understand to study and be progressive in life

Answer 9

You can spoil them as long as they know how to share.

Answer 10

Depends on what you mean by spoil.Give them everything they want?Always let them get their way? No. But if you mean love them,hold them a lot.....Then yes.♥