Fear-Based Parenting

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by Kristen Rosser aka KRWordgazer Latebloomer at Past Tense Present Progressive is blogging about Reb Bradley’s book Child Training Tips.  Calulu at Roadkill on the Information Superhighway is blogging about Michael and Debbi Pearl’s To Train Up a Child.  I’d like to chime in today with some thoughts about the method of child rearing which the two books share: they call [...]

The Myth of Teenage Rebellion

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by Latebloomer Sometimes, as my toddler and I cuddle together to read books on the couch, I can’t help but imagine what our relationship might be like when he becomes a teenager.  On some days, I dread it like a slowly-approaching disaster.  On other days, I feel a sense of hope that, as I deal [...]

Parenting & the Super Religious

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by Calulu Latebloomer from the NLQ Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network has written an excellent series right now based upon reviewing the parenting advice in Reb Bradley’s book ‘Child Training Tips’  She’s done an outstanding job on this topic and I have to admit it triggers me just a bit. Triggers some of my experiences [...]

Mama’s Choice … Whose Choice?

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by Vyckie Garrison “A Woman’s Choice” is a central issue in contemporary American culture, religion, and politics. Our society values Choice as an imperative freedom. Although “liberated” women would never personally choose to forego birth control in favor of welcoming each and every pregnancy as an unmitigated blessing from God, and even though privately feminists [...]

News Links September 13, 2012

There really wasn’t much this week that crossed my desktop to post here so today I’m going to be featuring links to some great pieces written by our members of The Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network. Libby Anne at Love, Joy, Feminism has a slew of interesting things she’s blogged on this week – I [...]