“Biblical” Parenting, Criticism #4: A Parent Who Isolates in Order to Control

September 15, 2012 By 8 Comments

by Latebloomer This is part of a series of posts reviewing Reb Bradley’s book “Child Training Tips”. Read the introduction here. Read criticism #1 here. Read criticism #2 here. Read criticism #3 here. To briefly review, my first criticism of Reb Bradley’s book “Child Training Tips” discussed the way his advice pushed parents toward the worst possible interpretation [...]

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News Links September 13, 2012

September 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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“Biblical” Parenting, Criticism #3: A Parent Who Tries to Change Minds and Hearts Through Spanking

September 12, 2012 By 6 Comments

by Latebloomer This is part of a series of posts reviewing Reb Bradley’s book “Child Training Tips”. Read the introduction here. Read criticism #1 here. Read criticism #2 here. To briefly review, my first criticism of Reb Bradley’s book “Child Training Tips” discussed the way his advice pushed parents toward the worst possible interpretation of their child’s behavior [...]

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“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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Baptist Taliban: Part 4

June 28, 2012 By 2 Comments

by Cindy Foster PARTY TIME It was the end of the 1900’s. There was much uncertainty in the air everywhere, about what the next millennium would bring. Would our computer-dependent world come to a screeching halt? Would there be a shortage of food, water and electricity? Should we be stockpiling goods in preparation? If the [...]

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