1	Training Up a Child chanak
2	Train Up… Pro 22:6 ESV Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Train up… is the Hebrew chanak, meaning “to narrow”; figuratively to initiate or discipline: - dedicate, train up.
3	In the Way He Should Go Pro 22:6 ESV Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. …in the way he should go… not the way he would go or the way you would want him to go. It’s about giving him the skills and the discipline he will need to find (discover) his own way; suitable to his character, talents and capabilities It’s about the way God has set for him. It is up to the parent, having the most experience, to be able to instruct (train up, initiate) his child in this way.
4	To Train Him Up Involves: Communication Motivation Discipline
5	Styles of Parenting Permissive Authoritarian Authoritative (Autocratic) Autocracy – The parental unit always has the final word!
6	The Rod Pro 13:24 He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him. Rod: Hebrew “shebet”; a stick or switch (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.); dart, rod, scepter, staff. In the context of it being used for discipline it is referring to the shoot or long twig or switch of any woody plant; a branch, or the stem of a shrub; as a rod of hazle, of birch, of oak or hickory.
7	Why the Rod? Pro 22:15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him. Folly Disobedience Laziness Carelessness Disrespect
8	Why the Rod? Only the rod drives all these away. Not: Nice words Dissertations Rewards (bribes) Time-outs
9	Save Your Child From Death! Pro 23:13-14 Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod, he will not die. Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death. Pro 19:18 NIV Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death.
10	Using the Rod Where? Buttocks Thighs, legs Not arms, face When? Not when angry or frustrated Chastening Event Serious offense, like outright disobedience Not for trivial mistakes or accidents
11	Using the Rod How? Announce Prepare Administer Encourage Purpose? Attitude Shaping Behavior Shaping