Not exact matches
Jesus didn't respond to the Pharisees public scorning of him as a bastard
son, or a devil, but
rather, he
taught the people to heed the words they
taught while not copying their actions.
Hitting your
son would
teach him to fear you
rather than trust you and would model that violence is an acceptable way to change someone else's behavior.
But what I am saying is that I don't judge my wife for
teaching my
son how to swim,
rather than vacuuming the living room.
Teaching my oldest
son to tell his baby brother what he could do, use, play with,
rather than what he couldn't.