Ginger Hubbard

Yeah.

So you actually just mentioned one right there, which would be bribing.

I actually saw this mom in Walmart and her kid was maybe six.

I don't know.

He looked like he was maybe two and a half or three years old.

And he was kind of, you know, grabbing stuff off the shelves.

And she told him he had gotten away from her and she told him to come to her.

And instead of obeying, he took off running in the other direction.

And so in desperation, this mom yells down the aisle of Walmart, come to mommy.

and I'll give you a sucker, and that's bribing.

So immediately, this child goes from hearing impaired to exceptional hearing, and he comes very quickly to mom's side.

But you see, Alex, that's not really training for obedience.

That's rewarding the child for foolishness, for stubbornness, for disobedience.

Giving them a reward in order to get them to obey, that encourages them in selfishness because their motive for obeying is, yeah, sure,

I'll obey for what I can get.

But that's a selfish motive.

Children should be taught to obey because it's right and because it pleases God.

So what should she have done when the kid is running away and not listening when she's saying to come to her?

Right.

So or in the grocery store, same thing.