When Adam and Eve were placed in the Garden of Eden, Heavenly Father told them they could do many things while there. In fact, the garden was for their enjoyment. They could eat of any fruit-bearing tree in the garden. But there was one they were commanded not to partake of. Heavenly Father gave them the ability to choose and pronounced a consequence if they chose to go against the rules. That consequence was that they should surely die. This death was a spiritual death, not physical, but at the time, Adam and Eve didn’t know that.
They chose the very thing they couldn’t have. They chose to eat the forbidden fruit. They were now accountable because they understood the law and made a different choice. They had to accept the consequences of their actions. They did not get to choose the consequence. Children must be accountable for their choices. TESTIMONIAL: " I had seen a Pinterest post recently about the
Proverb "A soft answer turns away wrath" where families put pompoms
into a jar when people speak respectfully to one another in the family. We took
your ideas & smooshed them together with that idea. Our "bank" of
what you call Happy Face Tokens is decorated with that verse (calligraphied
& Mod Podged on), and the jar is full of colorful pompoms. We call them our
Pompom Wampum! Each child has a jar with a verse re: sons or daughters (Prov.
1:8-9; 1Peter 3:6). We took our Accountable Kids board cards & wrote the
pompom value of all expected chores so it is clear to everyone (making bed,
getting dressed, setting table each valued at 2 points if done without
prompting, 1 point if done when asked, no pompoms if you have to be
reminded...etc.), thereby combining yet another system
with yours." LAW, SC
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