Today, we have a question about disciplining children and assumed here as a parent's

biblical conviction for using physical discipline in the first place.

And it's a question from Timothy who has this conviction in place.

He asks this, Pastor John, as a husband, father, and leader of my household, I feel as though

it is my primary responsibility to discipline the children.

Is this Biblically accurate and what role should my wife play in the discipline process?

I like this question too, because we've raised five kids.

Now, Talthus is still at home.

She's 18, she's her own person.

There's not a lot of spanking going on here in the fiber household anymore, but once

by the time there was four sons and so I think discipline is very positive and often

leading with grace and with words.

And it's also, at times, painful and negative and swat on the behind.

We used to joke as a family that the Lord made our boys real chubby so that they wouldn't

be damaged.

And they never were damaged.

If you damage, you're not disciplining, you're abusing.

And there's a huge difference between a sweet, warm, loving punishment from a father or

a mom.

So anyway, all that to say we've done this and I went downstairs and when I read the question

last night before I gave some thought to it to talk to Noel and to Calatha about this.

And I'll go ahead and say what I'm going to say and then I'll tell you what Noel said

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