In which case, think carefully.
And consider this; can I be a better parent to my daughter than God is to me? The only 'or else' in my home is 'or else I will do the same'; you swear at me; I will swear at you. There is no other. Aka, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That's it.
My answer, of course, is no. What do you think?
I see what you are saying, but according to scripture, I could not condone such behavior myself.
What you quoted is old testament. That worked for those times. We are under a new covenant since Christs death, burial, and resurrection. The whole "eye for an eye" and such is no longer acceptable. As the saying goes, "two wrongs do not make a right". Swearing is a sin, why would you swear back when someone swears at you (Colossians 3:8; Ephesians 4:29)? You would place your salvation in jeopardy, sinning back at someone who sinned against you. It is not Christian conduct to be doing such things.
Disciplining your child is not being a bully. It is not being overbearing if done according to scripture and how a Christians should conduct themselves.
Hebrews 12:11, is a good example.
Ephesians 6:4 as well. In fact, Eph 6:4 brings up a valid point directed to you. The question is, swearing back at your child or even "throwing a temper tantrum"(what you are quoted as saying before here) back at them like a child does, isn't that provoking them?
To be honest, I threw a temper tantrum back at my child before, all it did was upset him even further and he learned nothing from it. In fact, he got down right angry. So it is really hard for me to believe that it works for you, seeing that I personally tried some of these methods before. And it is not Christian like. I learned that, I don't do it like that anymore.
I will say it again though, I am not telling you what to do, merely showing you that scripture provides all the proof I need, that discipline is needed, "eye for an eye" is no more (Matthew 5:38-48), not to provoke your child but discipline him so that they may learn.
I must say before I stop typing here, that I appreciate your civil conduct here. It is hard for a lot of people to get told things about their parenting and yet still remain civil and calm. I must also say that it was not my intention to attack what you do or who you are, but merely point out what scripture says.
Thank you.
