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Small Children Aren’t Supposed to Sit Still, Debi
The swatting is not the key point here---young children are not wired to sit still...
June 2018
June 26, 2018
White House Bible Study: Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child
The Bible study in question was crafted in response to Obama's emphasis on pursuing deportation...
August 2017
August 09, 2017
Why Defending “Spanking” Is Dangerous
When someone publicly defends spanking, they are not defending only what they have in mind...
May 2016
May 31, 2016
“She seems to have turned out pretty well!”
To every person who has ever had to claw their way past abusive or authoritarian...
May 05, 2016
Why Do We as a Society Still Spank Our Children?
I've sometimes seen spanking advocates respond by arguing that studies of spanking include corporal punishment...
August 2015
August 05, 2015
Maintaining a Relationship with Difficult Parents
I'm not sure I'm the best person to give advice on dealing with controlling, manipulative,...
March 2015
March 03, 2015
On Coming When You’re Called and Fear-Based Obedience
Yesterday I argued that we sometimes hold higher expectations for our children than we do...
January 2015
January 19, 2015
How Spanking Sounds to a Never-Spanked 5-Year-Old
In Sally's eyes, parents who hit their children if they do something wrong are acting...
January 18, 2015
Michael Farris’s Selective Interest in Protecting Children
Farris is horrified by the strip search he describes not because of the harm to...
September 2014
September 19, 2014
Adrian Peterson and Black Parenting
Several of my commenters have pointed out that there's a racial dimension important in understanding...
September 18, 2014
James Dobson and Adrian Peterson
Two days ago, Focus on the Family's Jared Pingleton condemned Adrian Peterson's abuse of his...
September 18, 2014
From
Humiliation
to
Cooperation
Yesterday I wrote about an article in Time Magazine's online parenting section written by Focus...
September 17, 2014
Failing to Understand the Dynamics of Abuse: Focus on the Family on Adrian Peterson and Corporal Punishment
Yesterday, Time Magazine's parenting section featured an article by Focus on the Family's Jered Pingleton....
September 14, 2014
Did Adrian Peterson “Spank” His Son?
I've had people argue that "spanking" is appropriate and and should be allowed, and when...
June 2014
June 04, 2014
Groundbreaking New Spanking Study
I recently came upon an article in the Scientific American discussing a fascinating new study...
March 2014
March 19, 2014
A Picture of Pain
It was a picture displayed prominently on the fridge. It was my mother, standing proudly...
September 2013
September 28, 2013
The Twisted Evil
I write a lot here on the blog about Debi Pearl's Created To Be His...
September 10, 2013
Hana Williams Trial Verdict: Guilty
Yesterday, Larry and Carri Williams were found guilty of manslaughter in the 2011 death of...
August 2013
August 12, 2013
Spanking Tears
I've written a lot about spanking in the past, but one thing that is difficult...
May 2013
May 05, 2013
“The Rod Is a Tool To Stay Connected.” Say
What?
The Pearls and their followers argue that the rod is simply a tool to foster...
March 2013
March 20, 2013
When “I’m Sorry” Means “Please Don’t Hit Me”
Yesterday I finally brought a Christmas mug I was given a couple months ago home...
March 07, 2013
Homeschooling under the Influence
After I wrote my posts on academics and socialization, I realized that there is another...
August 2012
August 30, 2012
“Little Bundles of Sin”: Evangelical Child Rearing
I recently ran across a truly excellent article on the politics of the conservative family...
June 2012
June 18, 2012
Sarah’s Spanking Project
Sarah at Who I Am Without You is doing a project on spanking. This week...
March 2012
March 10, 2012
Spanking, Fear, and Privileging Obedience
This is part of a series in which I am re-posting a number of posts...
March 09, 2012
“For your own good”: The insidiousness of spanking
This is part of a series in which I am re-posting a number of posts...
March 08, 2012
The Fruit of Spanking: Rage and Shame
This is part of a series in which I am re-posting a number of posts...
March 08, 2012
Sibling v. Sibling: Giving the Child the Rod
This is part of a series in which I am re-posting a number of posts...
March 07, 2012
Hana Williams, Michael Pearl, and To Train Up A Child
This is part of a series in which I am re-posting a number of posts...
March 07, 2012
Lydia Schatz, Michael Pearl, and CNN
This is part of a series in which I am re-posting a number of posts...
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