Disciplining Children

American children whose parents use spanking for discipline have lower IQs than those who aren't spanked, a new study finds.

I once had two teachers, one was old and the other young; when I married and began having children I asked my teachers, what was the trick to raising children? The young one said, Don’t scream at your children because screaming does no good; sometimes if the child is really bad you might have to give a little hit, but the main thing is to love the child. When I asked my teacher who was old he said: Don’t hit your children because hitting does no good, sometimes if the child is really bad you might have to scream a little bit, but the main thing is to love the child.

God is the parent and we are the children. God does not hit us and God does not scream at us–God loves us and all of creation.

The Bal Shem Tov, Jewish mystic 250 years ago, said to a man who asked, how to love God? The Bal Shem Tov responded saying: love what God loves.