"No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it." Hebrews 12:11
My parents had to wait a while to view the "harvest of righteousness and peace" that came from their discipline of me. Now that I am a parent, I get the privilege of changing my attitude about what I thought parenting was before I had children. Hah! But really.
I am enjoying Dr. John Rosemond's books. I find his candor refreshing. I have always respected Dr. Dobson and appreciated any and all of his books, but I am really loving Dr. Rosemond these past few years. He is Biblically sound, and no nonsense. What a breath of fresh air.
I look around and see craziness in my generation when it comes to parenting. It is so overthought. The books, and books, and mountains of boooooks!!! So much of it is psychobabble (have you ever tried reasoning with a two year old? PUHLEASE.) and unfortunately, while having a good "heart" about it, has really led new parents astray. I can't even begin to imagine where this idea that children are born inherently good came from. It's beyond preposterous. The inventor must have literally never met a child.
My parents are probably in the top five people I would consider my best friends. Yeah. They are mentors to my husband and I, and they are very good at it.
I also think that they were the meanest parents ever. But, besides the fact that they aren't perfect, they accomplished the task at hand.
All that to say, I'm writing this to remind myself that the disciplining is hard. And that, contrary to what everyone in my generation wants (for their kids to think they are cool) your kids WILL think you are cool if you are a big fat meanie. It just may take a few years to see the harvest.
I love my children so much, that I don't want them to be spoiled. So help me Lord. I'm counting on that.
-Sarah
