Parenting Pedagogy
“ Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. He who pampers his servant from childhood Will have him as a son in the end .” Proverbs 29 : 20 - 21 NKJV It is important to note that the scriptural admonition to “ Train up a child in the way he should go ” is a child-need based training, compared to the usual parent-need based training. With reference to the difference between the status of a son and a servant, it is easier to see why a child-need training is the assumed inheritance of sons; while parent-need training naturally belongs to servants. Therefore, when the scriptural reference here says “ He who pampers his servant from childhood Will have him as a son in the end ”, it suggests that everyone who gets a child-need based training responds better with great satisfaction at the end. Invariably, true love respects the needs and feelings of people within every believer’s sphere of influence. Anyone that is treated with obvious acknowledg...