Are parents harming their kids by ignoring biblical warnings about indulgence?

[jennifer_bloom]

The buddhists believe that indulgence leads to suffering and I believe the reason some very rich or good looking people become depressed is that they had all these chances to indulge on pleasant things they did not earn due to genetic or biological luck. When I was 20, my emotions become blunted and I lost most of my capacity for visual pleasure, as well as most of my superficial concerns in people, and when I lost my money worship and my beauty worship, I also lost most of my suffering as well. When I was a child and teenager, I had extreme happiness and extreme suffering too, and when I got older, I had no happiness, and no suffering either, I was always just neutral.

[AlperHan]

I think the world would be a better place if people were psychologically prepared before becoming parents. Just as we require a license to drive because it affects other people's lives, raising a child is an even greater responsibility. If someone isn't emotionally or mentally ready, the cycle simply repeats itself. Every parent shapes another generation, and in many ways, every child becomes a reflection of the environment they were raised in.

[Micheal6918]

Parents may harm their children if they mistake love for constant indulgence and avoid setting healthy boundaries. Many emphasize loving discipline, and modern research similarly suggests that children benefit from affection combined with consistent guidance—not from either extreme of harshness or unlimited permissiveness.