A Christian Science perspective: Following God is what makes us free. The desire for freedom is natural, especially if we feel boxed in by personal circumstances or social customs.

What is the fruit of obedience?

A Christian Science perspective: Following God is what makes us free. The desire for freedom is natural, especially if we feel boxed in by personal circumstances or social customs.

How do you deal with deliberate disobedience?

Here are the 10 ways to separate ignorance from willful disobedience.

  1. Stay Calm. Knee-jerk reactions almost always lead us in the wrong direction.
  2. Observe Them.
  3. Learn the Child’s Perspective.
  4. Ask the Right Questions.
  5. Open Your Ears.
  6. Be Consistent.
  7. Repeat the Rules.
  8. Get On the Same Page.

What does willful behavior mean?

Willful means “deliberate” or “stubborn.” A child who exhibits willful disobedience knows she is doing something wrong (even if she tries to convince you otherwise). While being full of will, or determination, doesn’t necessarily seem like a bad thing, the word willful is negative in meaning.

What is a willful person?

will′ful•ness, n. syn: willful, headstrong, perverse, wayward refer to a person who stubbornly persists in doing as he or she pleases. willful implies opposition to those whose wishes, suggestions, or commands ought to be respected or obeyed: a willful son who ignored his parents’ advice.

What is moral disobedience?

Disobedience is a state of deliberate refusal to follow a regulation or law. Disobedience may refer to State or religious laws and tenets. Disobedience may be moral or immoral and is contextually determined.

What is willful disobedience?

Willful Disobedience is “a rebellious, stubborn, and determined intention to do what one wants, regardless of consequences or effects.” Willful disobedience is the child’s deliberate choice to disobey even after he has been reminded and given a chance to correct his behavior.

What are the consequences of disobedience to God?

What destroyed these nations is sin – disobedience to God’s word. It is arrogantly doing what God says not to do. Then when God keeps warning, sending His prophets and humans don’t pay attention: then we rouse His anger, then the drastic consequences of sin emerge; sometimes it becomes extremely fatal.

How do you deal with disobedience?

8 Strategies for Dealing with a Defiant Child

  1. Hold your child accountable.
  2. Choose your battles.
  3. Act, don’t react.
  4. Enforce age-appropriate consequences.
  5. Keep your power.
  6. No second chances or bargaining.
  7. Always build on the positive.
  8. Set regular times to talk to your child.