Your Child's Humanity & Obedience
If we were spoken to by a superior–at work, church, public–in the way that many parents (superiors) speak to their children, we would decry justice. While it is true your child should obey your commands. Perhaps before you command anything you should ask yourself these questions:
- Is this command beneficial to the child?
- Is this command unnecessarily burdensome to the child?
- Is this command taking into account the child’s fatigue or emotions?
- Am I listening to my child’s cries, or am I speaking over them?
