I am in a quandry in this regard. Is any use of the rod provoking to discouragement? I watch the children who have never had a rod on their backsides, seem to rule the day. They are kings and queens of their regimes. The diligent father seems to crush the spirit of children, in today's world. Any expression of masculinity is shunned and exploited as the reasons for discouragements. We have no real moderations these days. It is all or nothing.
I see these dear children who are blessed with wisdom and prudence early because of a diligent father and they are the spectacle everywhere they go. Why do they act like that? Everybody wonders. Because they have a father who is impacting their lives and most other children don't. It looks odd. They need to be put in a community where they have other children who have both parents also or they will become crushed. Children are resilient, I hear often. Still, I know alot of discouraged children, who can't find the impetus to get up. The system seems to rejoice in their demise.
I hope not!
