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March 2012

March 13, 2012

Prince of Egypt modifies a Bible story

I recently re-watched the 1998 animated movie Prince of Egypt. I've always loved that movie, with its...

March 09, 2012

“For your own good”: The insidiousness of spanking

This is part of a series in which I am re-posting a number of posts...

March 08, 2012

Sibling v. Sibling: Giving the Child the Rod

This is part of a series in which I am re-posting a number of posts...

March 06, 2012

Adventures in Parenting: On Reasoning with Toddlers

This is part of a series in which I am re-posting a number of posts...

February 2012

February 23, 2012

Hell: The most problematic Christian doctrine of all

From my experience, I would argue that hell is the worst Christian doctrine of all....

February 07, 2012

Abortion, “God’s Plan,” and “Selfish” Women

I've often said that when I was pro-life it was because I honestly believed the...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Last Child or Second of Many?

"Do you know what you're having yet?" "Yes, it's a boy." "Perfect! One of each!"...

January 19, 2012

Kids, Commercials, and Focus on the Family

I wrote the other day about the problems of using children as political pawns. The...

January 18, 2012

A Little Child Shall Lobby Them

This little girl was one of dozens of children brought to the Ohio statehouse last...

January 15, 2012

Submitting to Parents, Submitting to God

I knew that Michael Pearl tells his followers that their children must learn to submit...

January 11, 2012

“A Religious, Authoritarian Culture”

I just came upon an article called "Are you raising your children in a religious,...

January 09, 2012

Child Rearing: From Cog to Individual

When I got married, I had left behind my parents' fundamentalism and evangelicalism, but I...

December 2011

December 21, 2011

Children Spanking Children

Do you ever have those moments where you wonder if you're crazy, and then you...

November 2011

November 20, 2011

Religious Homophobia, Gay Youth, and Unconditional Love

Today I watched "The Bible Told Me So," a documentary about religion and homophobia. Two...

November 01, 2011

“How Many Kids Do You Want?”

When I was a child, when strangers found out how many siblings I had they invariably...

October 2011

October 06, 2011

Children are NOT Cheap

My parents always laughed when people suggested that children were expensive. They said this wasn't...

September 2011

September 21, 2011

Addicted to Pregnancy and Babies?

I just ran across this quote by Kelly Bates on learning that she is expecting...

September 12, 2011

“We don’t ‘do’ teenagers”

As I approached puberty, my parents told me that "we're not going to do that...

September 08, 2011

An Ideological Straight-Jacket

I just realized that in my last post I made the my home and those...

July 2011

July 25, 2011

Like a Little Child

My little girl says “hi” to everyone we pass on the street. And it’s not...

July 16, 2011

Children’s Rights?

Do children have rights? If the do, should the state step in to guarantee these...

July 15, 2011

Mass Produced Children?

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar assure the world that they have enough love in their...

July 14, 2011

Children Are Not Trophies

When there were eight children in my family, I had a friend who was...

July 10, 2011

Giving the Child the Rod

I don’t know exactly when it happened, but at some point early on my mom...

July 06, 2011

As American As Apple Pie

Sometimes, as sons and daughters of Christian Patriarchy, we tend to see our situations as...

June 2011

June 21, 2011

(Too) Great Expectations

Quiverfull teaches that Christian parents should have large numbers of children in order to raise...