Whats Best for a Child is always Necessary for the Child. Most at times, when humans are being stretch beyond the comfort of their life, Habit or Character, it always feels hurtful but then necessary. This is not just applicable to children but also to adults and ourselves. now in the case of Children, we are given an advantage from God, Culture and Nature to be able to command the obedience of Children and so caution and diligence must be applied to discharge such duty.
Bible says something remarkable that "foolishness abounds in the bosom of a Child and it takes the Rod to Bring them out".
The rod here does not necessarily mean a wiping cane but also hard measures. It means a more forceful approach of either restrain or permission. we must at different time forceful get younger minds to behave in certain ways so that as they grow that adopt such character or trait as part of their life.
One other illustration to buttress this point is that Just as in sculpting, it takes chiseling out of parts of an object like wood before the beauty in the mind of the sculptor is seen. Also same scenario is applicable to Molding and object out of Clay, the sculptor still has to chop of some parts and add some parts to bring out the beauty he bears in his mind.
The crux of the matter now is that no matter the line of action we are taking to discharge our parental or guidance responsibilities, we must not do it to satisfy our easy but must put the interest of this young ones in mind else risk causing damage rather than Good.
Obviously I hope you don't mean physically hurting the child... but if you mean 'should a parent continue to do what is best for their child even if it upsets the child', then yes, absolutely.
Children don't know what's best for them, their brains aren't fully formed and they're not very good at seeing past the here and now. A child who loves candy will possibly eat until they are sick, because they haven't yet had that experience of being terribly sick... or they will absolutely prefer to watch television or play games instead of homework.. because homework is boring and they don't understand the benefits until they're much older. I had an opportunity to play the violin but I couldn't be bothered and so gave it away, and now as an adult I think I regret that decision... for 15 minutes a day for a couple of years I could be a really good musician now... but instead I watched TV and that's not really a skill to be proud of.
The short answer is that children don't know or care what's best for them... that's why their children and they need looking after. If they knew what was best then we wouldn't have families at all.
This is an interesting question. It's definitely true that in a lot of cases, the parent knows best. For example, my two year old will scream bloody murder every single time we brush his teeth. This is obviously hurtful to him, but we still have to do it. If we don't, he will ruin his teeth, which is a lot worse for him!
Still, we should never do anything that will actually harm the children. While it feels terrible for him to get his teeth brushed, it is not really hurting him. If it were, we would have to think of a better solution.
Overall, very interesting question. I suppose some cases of things that bring hurtfulness to the children could be considered okay, while other don't.
As a child, sometimes we get a difference in understanding between one another, behavior, attitudes and emotions of our affection for parents sometimes parents misinterpret it, and vice versa, communication between children and parents can also be the culprit of differences problems opinion between the two.
What might be felt by children and what happens to children if their parents attitudes and behavior. There are some children who express their rebellion by doing negative things, they do what they like but the behavior tends to affect themselves, they tend to hurt themselves without knowing. For example, they will become bad children, commit crime, like to fight, like to drink hard, like to waste money for no apparent reason, even the worst they can kill themselves.
Whats Best for a Child is always Necessary for the Child. Most at times, when humans are being stretch beyond the comfort of their life, Habit or Character, it always feels hurtful but then necessary. This is not just applicable to children but also to adults and ourselves. now in the case of Children, we are given an advantage from God, Culture and Nature to be able to command the obedience of Children and so caution and diligence must be applied to discharge such duty.
Bible says something remarkable that "foolishness abounds in the bosom of a Child and it takes the Rod to Bring them out".
The rod here does not necessarily mean a wiping cane but also hard measures. It means a more forceful approach of either restrain or permission. we must at different time forceful get younger minds to behave in certain ways so that as they grow that adopt such character or trait as part of their life.
One other illustration to buttress this point is that Just as in sculpting, it takes chiseling out of parts of an object like wood before the beauty in the mind of the sculptor is seen. Also same scenario is applicable to Molding and object out of Clay, the sculptor still has to chop of some parts and add some parts to bring out the beauty he bears in his mind.
The crux of the matter now is that no matter the line of action we are taking to discharge our parental or guidance responsibilities, we must not do it to satisfy our easy but must put the interest of this young ones in mind else risk causing damage rather than Good.
Obviously I hope you don't mean physically hurting the child... but if you mean 'should a parent continue to do what is best for their child even if it upsets the child', then yes, absolutely.
Children don't know what's best for them, their brains aren't fully formed and they're not very good at seeing past the here and now. A child who loves candy will possibly eat until they are sick, because they haven't yet had that experience of being terribly sick... or they will absolutely prefer to watch television or play games instead of homework.. because homework is boring and they don't understand the benefits until they're much older. I had an opportunity to play the violin but I couldn't be bothered and so gave it away, and now as an adult I think I regret that decision... for 15 minutes a day for a couple of years I could be a really good musician now... but instead I watched TV and that's not really a skill to be proud of.
The short answer is that children don't know or care what's best for them... that's why their children and they need looking after. If they knew what was best then we wouldn't have families at all.
Very interesting question!
This is an interesting question. It's definitely true that in a lot of cases, the parent knows best. For example, my two year old will scream bloody murder every single time we brush his teeth. This is obviously hurtful to him, but we still have to do it. If we don't, he will ruin his teeth, which is a lot worse for him!
Still, we should never do anything that will actually harm the children. While it feels terrible for him to get his teeth brushed, it is not really hurting him. If it were, we would have to think of a better solution.
Overall, very interesting question. I suppose some cases of things that bring hurtfulness to the children could be considered okay, while other don't.
As a child, sometimes we get a difference in understanding between one another, behavior, attitudes and emotions of our affection for parents sometimes parents misinterpret it, and vice versa, communication between children and parents can also be the culprit of differences problems opinion between the two.
What might be felt by children and what happens to children if their parents attitudes and behavior. There are some children who express their rebellion by doing negative things, they do what they like but the behavior tends to affect themselves, they tend to hurt themselves without knowing. For example, they will become bad children, commit crime, like to fight, like to drink hard, like to waste money for no apparent reason, even the worst they can kill themselves.