Enforced obedience is the first stage of obedience. Solomon emphasizes the parent s important responsibility to guide the child through the first stage of enforced obedience. Paul emphasizes the need of the child to obey the parent. Children must be led through a healthy stage of enforced obedience. You can t rear children in a vacuum hoping that when the time comes they will fill the vacuum for themselves Rearing children through the stage of enforced obedience is not always easy.
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He slammed on the brakes, pulled the car off to the side of the road, jerked his sons out and spanked them both soundly. Enforced obedience is a period where the children learn the limits of behavior. Children must be guided through this stage of life to properly prepare them for the stage of willful obedience. This is not an easy stage to lead children through. When God put Adam and Eve in the garden, he gave them limits even though they were given all that they needed.