Will Parents Be Accountable For Hurting Their Children's Emotions
Seldom is it required to scold our children to get a point across. When we have to resort to power, it generally means that we’re failing in getting down to the level of our child’s comprehension and make them understand something. Without proper understanding, even if our child behaves correctly, it will only be temporary. Besides children get immune to scolding rather quickly. A lot of times as parents we think that our job is to raise perfect children who are completely protected and make no mistakes. That’s a problem with our own understanding of parenting. Our job is to raise children who can make their own decisions correctly assessing right from wrong, learn from their mistakes, have a keen sense of self accountability, and hold truth as a very high value even it goes against their own interests. Raising children this way requires a lot of patience, and even a lot of trial and error. Along the way, there are lots of things that we as parents learn too. To answer your question, in principle we will be held accountable for any unjustified aggression , regardless of whether it’s against children, adults, or even other living things. What is justified can vary from situation to situation.