John Piper gives needed encouraged to parents of young children:
I am writing this to plead with Christian parents to require obedience of their children. I am moved to write this by watching young children pay no attention to their parents’ requests, with no consequences. Parents tell a child two or three times to sit or stop and come or go, and after the third disobedience, they laughingly bribe the child. This may or may not get the behavior desired. . .
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That was great! Thanks for the prompt. Almost forgot how much I love to benefit from the insight and wisdom John Piper has to offer. 🙂