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January 2019

January 03, 2019

Small Children Aren’t Supposed to Sit Still, Debi

The swatting is not the key point here---young children are not wired to sit still...

June 2018

June 26, 2018

White House Bible Study: Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child

The Bible study in question was crafted in response to Obama's emphasis on pursuing deportation...

August 2017

August 09, 2017

Why Defending “Spanking” Is Dangerous

When someone publicly defends spanking, they are not defending only what they have in mind...

May 2016

May 31, 2016

“She seems to have turned out pretty well!”

To every person who has ever had to claw their way past abusive or authoritarian...

May 05, 2016

Why Do We as a Society Still Spank Our Children?

I've sometimes seen spanking advocates respond by arguing that studies of spanking include corporal punishment...

August 2015

August 05, 2015

Maintaining a Relationship with Difficult Parents

I'm not sure I'm the best person to give advice on dealing with controlling, manipulative,...

March 2015

March 03, 2015

On Coming When You’re Called and Fear-Based Obedience

Yesterday I argued that we sometimes hold higher expectations for our children than we do...

January 2015

January 19, 2015

How Spanking Sounds to a Never-Spanked 5-Year-Old

In Sally's eyes, parents who hit their children if they do something wrong are acting...

January 18, 2015

Michael Farris’s Selective Interest in Protecting Children

Farris is horrified by the strip search he describes not because of the harm to...

September 2014

September 19, 2014

Adrian Peterson and Black Parenting

Several of my commenters have pointed out that there's a racial dimension important in understanding...

September 18, 2014

James Dobson and Adrian Peterson

Two days ago, Focus on the Family's Jared Pingleton condemned Adrian Peterson's abuse of his...

September 18, 2014

From Humiliation to Cooperation

Yesterday I wrote about an article in Time Magazine's online parenting section written by Focus...

September 17, 2014

Failing to Understand the Dynamics of Abuse: Focus on the Family on Adrian Peterson and Corporal Punishment

Yesterday, Time Magazine's parenting section featured an article by Focus on the Family's Jered Pingleton....

September 14, 2014

Did Adrian Peterson “Spank” His Son?

I've had people argue that "spanking" is appropriate and and should be allowed, and when...

June 2014

June 04, 2014

Groundbreaking New Spanking Study

I recently came upon an article in the Scientific American discussing a fascinating new study...

March 2014

March 19, 2014

A Picture of Pain

It was a picture displayed prominently on the fridge. It was my mother, standing proudly...

September 2013

September 28, 2013

The Twisted Evil

I write a lot here on the blog about Debi Pearl's Created To Be His...

September 10, 2013

Hana Williams Trial Verdict: Guilty

Yesterday, Larry and Carri Williams were found guilty of manslaughter in the 2011 death of...

August 2013

August 12, 2013

Spanking Tears

I've written a lot about spanking in the past, but one thing that is difficult...

May 2013

May 05, 2013

“The Rod Is a Tool To Stay Connected.” Say What?

The Pearls and their followers argue that the rod is simply a tool to foster...

March 2013

March 20, 2013

When “I’m Sorry” Means “Please Don’t Hit Me”

Yesterday I finally brought a Christmas mug I was given a couple months ago home...

March 07, 2013

Homeschooling under the Influence

After I wrote my posts on academics and socialization, I realized that there is another...

August 2012

August 30, 2012

“Little Bundles of Sin”: Evangelical Child Rearing

I recently ran across a truly excellent article on the politics of the conservative family...

June 2012

June 18, 2012

Sarah’s Spanking Project

Sarah at Who I Am Without You is doing a project on spanking. This week...