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The death of Hanna Williams has brought an ever increasing amount of attention to Michael Pearl and his child training methods. Yesterday, the New York Times ran an article on Michael Pearl called \u201cPreaching Virtue of Spanking Even as Deaths Fuel Debate.\u201d It was on the front page, so I just thought I\u2019d draw everyone\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":845,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[96,166],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parenting","tag-michael-pearl","tag-spanking"],"yoast_head":"\n