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To Train Up a Child

May 2018

May 03, 2018
"You invade the soul of a developing human being." I'm trying to figure out how...

April 2018

April 24, 2018
Michael talks about marriage as through there are only two options---constant fighting over who gets...
April 18, 2018
What is this "power-discipline," and why do I find the term so horrific? If anyone...

March 2018

March 29, 2018
At some point along the line, however, the Christian homeschool movement as a movement began...
March 15, 2018
Note that Debi acknowledges that a woman's husband will still have growth to do. "As...
March 08, 2018
"I absolutely agree that many children today end up with far more toys than they...

February 2018

February 22, 2018
Michael wants to have his cake and eat it too. Michael wants children who are...
February 05, 2018
Michael, however, appears to associate education with feelings of inadequacy. As problematic as that is...

January 2018

January 31, 2018
Today we continue the letter Michael Pearl wrote to his sons, published in the end...
January 23, 2018
The entire point of quality time is that it is not unreal, pretentious, or insincere....
January 17, 2018
From where I'm standing, how one's partner handles differences is far more important than whether...

December 2017

December 27, 2017
Michael's statement is deceptive for at least two reasons. First, Michael does not let his...

November 2017

November 27, 2017
The problem isn't using your children to make you look good, in other words. It's...
November 09, 2017
Why does Michael show more understanding of his dog's disobedience than he does of children's...

October 2017

October 26, 2017
If Michael has such negative associations with the paddlings he received from the principal while...
October 12, 2017
Michael is on to something when he suggests that a child will not listen to...

September 2017

September 28, 2017
Raising children who are balanced and centered and have a healthy approach to money and...

December 2015

December 15, 2015
Chapter 15 of Michael Pearl’s child rearing manual, To Train Up A Child, is titled...

November 2015

November 30, 2015
Today we'll finish up the chapter on "emotion control." As a reminder, we're reviewing Michael...
November 23, 2015
To Train Up A Child, chapter 14, part 1 And, we're back! I'm not sure...

May 2014

May 05, 2014
In case you haven't noticed, I'm taking a bit of a break from my series...

April 2014

April 21, 2014
If Michael's insistence that parents must break children's wills, with a heavy application of the...
April 14, 2014
If a child is beaten or bullied by his peers, parents should absolutely not "rejoice."...
April 06, 2014
And at last, here we are. "Attitude Training." I have really not been looking forward...

March 2014

March 30, 2014
We are now to Michael's chapter titled "Child Labor." I've decided to cover this chapter...
March 24, 2014
In the coverage of Hana Williams, a lot of contradictory claims about To Train Up...
March 16, 2014
When I was a child, we used to go swimming in a small pond near...
March 10, 2014
It strikes me that all of these safety techniques are ways to get out of...
March 03, 2014
To tie these two last anecdotes together, how would Michael have felt if the men...

February 2014

February 23, 2014
This is a distinction that needs to be made when discussing this book with people...
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