[gypsyr0ad]

There is a fine line between "punishing and abusing" your children.

And if you serious think those quotes from God means he wants you to hit your kids so hard that you leave bruises and they cower in fear of your presence, you are sadly mistaken.

Jesus already paid harshly for our sins, and your children's as well.

I can tell you that I grew up without a father and my mother never laid a hand on any of us, she taught us respect and love with words and we learned from that.

You can not beat respect into a person and if you think respect comes from fear, then your also wrong, respect comes from love.

Most children today that suffer physical abuse relate being hit to being loved and never know what real love is and continue this cycle with their own kids and family.

Like I said, physical abuse is not what God wishes for.
God = Love