Let's say that all the negative, unpleasant, unwanted children's behavior *is* sin.  I don't for one second believe that it is, but just for argument's sake . . . the wages of sin is death.  And sin isn't against another person, it's against God.  So, if I really believe that my baby is sinning against God by wiggling for a diaper change then . . . Are you already seeing all the theological holes in this line of thinking??? . . . and then the question becomes, "Did Jesus, or did He not, take care of sin when He was on the cross?'  If He didn't then it doesn't matter what we do because we're all doomed.  But if He did, then doesn't the sin He took care of include anything my child can do?  I mean, we don't have the option, according to Scripture, to atone for our own sin if we don't have Jesus' blood covering our sins yet.  It's not like Jesus' blood is the way to atone for sins we didn't atone for ourselves during our growing up years.  It makes no sense!

I mean, all real sin is an offense against God.  All of it!  And HE chose to forgive it ALL!  That forgiveness may not be applied to everyone's sins, but it was enough to cover it all. And yet some parents choose to not forgive the horrible slight of a child throwing food because he's preverbal and can't say he's done eating.  Now, we're not God--which is, of course, why we shouldn't think ourselves right to punish for offenses against us (when sin is an offense against God) and why we should realize that when we do punish we are being unforgiving--which is, ironically, a sin.