How to Treat Children That You Hate

 1.  Always give them their way.  They will like this, and won’t see what a horrible thing that you are actually doing to them.  Very sneaky!

Proverbs 29:15 (NKJV) The rod and rebuke give wisdom, But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

Proverbs 22:15 (NKJV) Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of correction will drive it far from him.

2.  Never discipline them.  After all, correction is a sign of love and permissiveness is a sign of hatred.

Proverbs 13:24 (NKJV) He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

Proverbs 3:12 (NKJV) For whom the Lord loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights.

Hebrews 12:7-8 (NKJV) If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.

3.  Be more concerned with giving short-term happiness, than teaching long-term lessons.  This is a great way to ensure that they will be failures in life.

Proverbs 19:18 (NKJV) Chasten your son while there is hope, And do not set your heart on his destruction.

Proverbs 29:17 (NKJV) Correct your son, and he will give you rest; Yes, he will give delight to your soul.

Proverbs 23:13-14 (NKJV) Do not withhold correction from a child, For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die. You shall beat him with a rod, And deliver his soul from hell.

On the other hand, if you love your children, then you should do the opposite of all of these things.  I’m certainly not condoning abuse in any way.  I am not recommending that you take out anger on children or be intentionally mean to them.  However, a good parent knows that being good their children is not always the same as being kind to them.