“Biblical” Parenting, Criticism #1: A Parent Who Assumes The Worst

September 7, 2012 By 21 Comments

by Latebloomer The task of reviewing Reb Bradley’s book “Child Training Tips” has been a lot more challenging than I expected.  First of all, where do I start when I disagree with almost every sentence that this book contains?  I can find almost no common ground on which to begin.  And how can I explain [...]

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“Biblical” Parenting: Introduction

September 3, 2012 By 21 Comments

by Latebloomer Every once in a while, I realize something shockingly obvious, something that confronts yet another false assumption that has managed to cling to my mind even as I’ve moved further and further away from my fundamentalist Christian roots. In the whole Bible, there is not a single verse that credits parents for having [...]

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In The Spotlights Glare – Are The Duggar Family & The Bates Family Media Whores?

August 26, 2012 By 20 Comments
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by Calulu Another television season is upon us again and that means one thing. More of the Duggars “19 Kids and Counting”. The show starts anew on Tuesday, August 28th on TLC Channel at 9 pm est. This year their friends theBates have a show too – “The United Bates of America” There are preview [...]

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NLQ FAQ Revisited: How can I help my “Quiverfull” friend?

August 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

by Vyckie   Q: How can I help my “Quiverfull” friend? I have a good friend who is really into the quiverfull/patriarchy lifestyle. She is always careful to appear cheerful and happy with her family life, but I have often suspected that things are not quite as rosy as she wants everyone to believe. After [...]

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“Don’t Talk About It”

August 14, 2012 By 8 Comments
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by Kristen Rosser (Cross posted from her blog Wordgazer’s Words) I was in college, living in an ex-fraternity house made over into a Christian boarding house for members of Maranatha Campus Ministries.  It was 1983 or 84. The leaders of Maranatha, Bob Weiner and Joe Smith, had come up with another new revelation that they [...]

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