The Rod

[Garth]

[Henry]

Garth, thank you.
I wish I'd heard this when my boys were younger. It's aimed at parents of children rather than adolescents, and makes (inter alia) the point that we often let youngsters get away with too much then at twelve realise a need to clamp down.

I recognise my own failure here.

[ryb]

Interesting sermon. He explained everything very well. Contrasting his style with that of my parents, it's easy to see where they went wrong with both my brother and me. My parents were wildly inconsistent.

[jakedadof2]

In addition to consistency he stresses "relentless" first time compliance. And says you shouldn't negotiate with youngsters, which society now expects us to do. So much time is wasted on pointless arguments and drawn out battles that aren't worth flighting when they can be solved with a swift spanking.

I definitely could have done a better job with Dustin when he was younger. He is a great boy, but not trained as well as the pastors kids from the sounds of it. My stepson, on the other hand, came into my life when he was already 13. I followed a later-in-life version of what the pastor describes and Brett has turned out to be a respectful, hard working and responsible young man! His mom and I couldn't be happier. Dustin is still getting there. My nephews Evan and now Nate have also showed steady improvements whenever I've had the opportunity to practice consistent discipline.

[Garth]

I too am a strong believer in relentless discipline. To avoid any arguments or negotiatings I had a list of rules which we reviewed regularly as well as the consequences. Spankings were always consistent and given on the bare bottom with my hand. I did sometimes give a choice of consequences knowing full well that they would rather have a spanking then losing privileges or being grounded. In fact the worse punishment for them was losing their allowance which rarely happened!

[Travis]

Thank you very much for finding and posting this video and the pic of the pastors family in the gallery. I agree with pretty much everything shared in his sermon.

The pastor is obviously a supporter of spankings being bare bottom. He mentions that his kids are instructed to pull their pants down, then later mentions that the swats with spoon should be to skin, or at the least to very thin underwear. I agree completely.

The pastor was asked about up to what age for spanking, however he does not provide a clear answer in that area. He just mentions that it depends on the maturity of the child. I am just wondering if anyone gets a sense as to whether or not spanking may still be an option for his old kids, based on this sermon or any of his others?

It is wonderful to see a very pro-spanking family, given with so much love and consistency!

Thanks again for the great find, Garth!

[Nicktxdad]

This was very informative and spot on! Thank you Garth for sharing. Consistency is something that many Parents fall short on, myself included. The Pastors approach to discipline is what many Parents need too hear. Clearly his approach shows results.

[David 78]

We thought that this was great, and it's a truly strong reminder that if you let things go to far, you may never fully recover. The comments about being relentless really struck a nerve for us in that you can never let up. We have certainly had our spurts where "fine, looks like another spanking for you this week" but it is being relentless in enforcing the basic rules to raise great kids.