Proverbs 19:18 KJV — Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
You chasten your kids – instruct and discipline them – while they’re kids, because you’ve got the hope that they will respond to it.
Instruction and discipline are necessary for raising children to adults.
Instruction and discipline happen in the context of hope.
Hope is connected to the truth of the situation and not the facts. Even though your kids aren’t walking in the training, yet, you have a positive imagination and expectation that they will.
Hope pushes past the protests of right now, in order to possess the positive expectations of what’s possible.
Chastening and hope are your partners in raising your kids/skills/anything from where it is, into maturity.