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Biblical Guidelines for Discipline

This document provides guidelines for disciplining children through spanking. It recommends that spanking be done privately and for a clear offense, using a neutral object on the buttocks. The child should understand why they are being disciplined and that it comes from a place of love, not anger. After spanking, the parent should comfort the child, have them seek forgiveness, and help them develop a biblical plan to avoid similar temptations in the future.

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Biblical Guidelines for Discipline

This document provides guidelines for disciplining children through spanking. It recommends that spanking be done privately and for a clear offense, using a neutral object on the buttocks. The child should understand why they are being disciplined and that it comes from a place of love, not anger. After spanking, the parent should comfort the child, have them seek forgiveness, and help them develop a biblical plan to avoid similar temptations in the future.

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Practical Change

Assignment
Spanking

Proverbs 29:15 “The rod and reproof give wisdom”

1. Discipline should be a spiritual encounter with God, not a physical encounter with you.
(Pro 3:11-12; Heb 12:5-11)

2. Rules should be clear and posted for all children. They should include consequences for
disobedience and benefits for obedience. (Dt 6: 4-9)

3. Determine beforehand the number of swats for each given offense and the instrument to be used to
administer the swats. Use a neutral object, never the hand, to spank. Tell him the number of swats
he will be receiving. (Pro 22:15)

4. Deal with the child promptly, but in private; your intention is to discipline your child, not humiliate
him. (Pro13:24; 19:18)

5. Be sure the child understands and knows that what he did was wrong. He needs to know that the
discipline is because he has sinned, not because you are angry. If you are angry, wait until you can
administer the discipline in love. (Jas 1:19, 20)

6. Have the child grab his ankles or bend over a bed with arms extended. Be sure his hands stay out of
the way. Never punch your child with a fist; never kick him; never slap him in the face or on the
head.
Apply swats to buttocks or the upper area of the legs. Be careful not to hit the child’s tailbone, back
or knees. (Pro 29:15)

7. After administering the discipline, take him in your arms and let him know you love him, but that
God calls on you to discipline him when he disobeys. (Pro 19:18)

8. Pray with your child. After you pray aloud, encourage your child to pray and seek God’s forgiveness.
Also, encourage your child to seek forgiveness from any other offended parties, including yourself.
With younger children, you may have him repeat a prayer after you to teach him how to pray and ask
forgiveness. Your consistent modeling will teach the value of genuine prayer about his character
development. (Eph 6:4)

9. Review with your child how he was tempted. Develop a biblical plan of response so he can make a
godly choice the next time he is tempted in the same or a similar way. (1Cor 10:13, 14)

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