Daily Bible Challenge: Day 641 Proverbs Chapter 13

It says a wise child listens to their parents. Then Verse 24 says, “To spare the rod of discipline is to hate your child but to love your child is to carefully discipline them.”

Carefully is the key word here because a child should be disciplined and not abused.

I remember reading a book from James Dobson about disciplining your children. Some things I remember are:

1) Set boundaries for your kids.

2) Tell them ahead of time that if they violate the boundaries they will be spanked.

3) As soon as the boundary is violated, immediately follow through with the spanking. That's when you are most calm about it and it sets the tone for great results for future boundaries.

4) One should never tirelessly try and get a kid to stay in boundaries because it'll be easy to get frustrated and angry and then you end up disciplining your child while angry verses while you are calm.

I have personally found the sooner you implement this concept, the easier it is to enforce other boundaries.

What's interesting about this concept is that it can be applied in the work world.

As soon as an employee steps outside the boundaries of expectations, the boss should respectfully give immediate feedback so as to help deter negative performance. At the same time, just as with a child, employees should be continually complemented and praised when they perform positively.

This is my $0.03 for today for whatever it's worth.

CHALLENGE; Just consider these words. Thank you!

Have a good day!