Spanking of children

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>You will find if you look in the book of Hebrews a long discourse by Paul
>on chastizement. It is certainly the responsibility of the parent to 
>properly discipline a child. The child who is not appropriately punished
>for wrongdoing is considered an illegitimate child by Paul.  His concept
>of chastizement would be what was set forth under the law.

I will look for this.  Should I not find the scripture you speak of could
you tell me where in Hebrews it is?

> The reason we have so many unruly children in our culture today is because
>they  are
>not made to obey. It is especially bad here in El Paso.  The hispanic
>culture is very permissive with their children.  I wonder if that
>is why there are so many gangs here.

This is a bit of a stretch and a misguided assumption in my mind.  I believe
that the reason we have unruly children is that they have parents that do
not love them, not give them any time or guidance.  I believe the reason
children join gangs is because of the need to feel wanted and be part of a
family. Their parents probaby did beat them. In fact it's probably the only
attention that they received from their self-centered parents.

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Stan Hallett
Camden, Maine
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