{"id":4529,"date":"2021-02-03T14:10:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T20:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=4529"},"modified":"2021-02-03T14:15:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T20:15:59","slug":"reasoned-as-a-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=4529","title":{"rendered":"“REASONED AS A CHILD . . .”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Reason as<\/span> a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reason with<\/span> a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When I was a child, I reasoned as a child. When I became a man, I put away childish things.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A time comes when we no longer reason as a child—when one becomes a man\/woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we never get that, we can never reason successfully with a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, how and when does a man (a father, a mother) reason WITH a child?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How<\/span> does a parent reason with a child?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—reason as a man (adult)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

or<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—reason as a child?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reason as a man (adult), with or without the child’s comprehension, understanding, or agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consistent, TIMELY discipline works wonders on the above three (comprehension, understanding, agreement), at any age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/span> does a parent reason with a child?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Very, very, very critically important ! ! !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reason with a child ahead of time—before the need arises for timely obedience or consequences for the lack thereof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reasoning with a child at the time of disrespect, demonstrated through disobedience, is child abuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reason as a child. Reason with a child. “When I was a child, I reasoned as a child. When I became a man, I put away childish things.” – – – A time comes when we no longer reason as a child—when one becomes a man\/woman. If we never get that, we can never reason […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3,7,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational","category-family","category-inspire_lifter","category-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4531,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529\/revisions\/4531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}