How Should You Discipline Your Children? - REASABLE DISCIPLINE

 Jehovah's discipline is always administered  "to the proper degree." (Jeremiah 30:11; 46:28) He takes all the circumstances into account, including what is not obvious.  How can parents  do likewise? Stephen, quoted in the introduction, explains:  "Although we felt so hurt and could not understand Natalie's insistent denials about the ring, we tried to take into account her age and degree of maturity. 

Nicole's husband, Robert, also tries to consider all the circumstances. When the children misbehave, he repeatedly asks himself;  'Is this  onetime incident or an ongoing negative trait?  Is the child tired or not feeling well? Is this conduct a symptom of another problem?'

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