My spirit is broken; my days are extinct; the graveyard is ready for me. Surely there are mockers about me, and my eye dwells on their provocation.
Exodus 4:11
Then the Lord said to him, “Who has made
man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the
Lord?
Parents
should never ridicule or mock. I am especially concerned about two categories
of teasing. First, you should not make fun of inadequacies about which the
child can do nothing. Parents should never ridicule a child for things that
have nothing to do with pleasing God. Examples from this category include a
child’s intelligence, athletic abilities, physical features, and motor
coordination. These are personal characteristics that are not sinful. According
to Exodus 4:11 and Psalm 139:13-16, God takes responsibility for prescribing
these traits in each person before birth.
The
second thing you should not do is make fun of things that are sinful. Should
Christians make fun of things that God sent His Son to die for? Sin isn’t a
laughing matter. Sinful behavior in children, especially those that are
habitual, should be addressed with sobriety not with frivolity.
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