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May 2018

May 03, 2018

To Train Up A Child: Soul Invasion

"You invade the soul of a developing human being." I'm trying to figure out how...

April 2018

April 24, 2018

TTUAC: In Which Michael Deals in Dysfunctional Relationships

Michael talks about marriage as through there are only two options---constant fighting over who gets...

April 18, 2018

TTUAC: One Horrific Paragraph

What is this "power-discipline," and why do I find the term so horrific? If anyone...

March 2018

March 29, 2018

TTUAC: Normal Is Not Enough

At some point along the line, however, the Christian homeschool movement as a movement began...

March 15, 2018

TTUAC: Um Debi? Sycophants Don’t Help People Grow

Note that Debi acknowledges that a woman's husband will still have growth to do. "As...

March 08, 2018

To Train Up A Child: Toys? What Toys?

"I absolutely agree that many children today end up with far more toys than they...

February 2018

February 22, 2018

TTUAC: Life without Struggle Has No Achievement

Michael wants to have his cake and eat it too. Michael wants children who are...

February 05, 2018

TTUAC: Boys Don’t Need Book Learning

Michael, however, appears to associate education with feelings of inadequacy. As problematic as that is...

January 2018

January 31, 2018

TTUAC: Manipulate Your Children’s Affections

Today we continue the letter Michael Pearl wrote to his sons, published in the end...

January 23, 2018

TTUAC: Quality Time Is Idle Chatter

The entire point of quality time is that it is not unreal, pretentious, or insincere....

January 17, 2018

TTUAC: Find a Wife Who’s Always Smiling

From where I'm standing, how one's partner handles differences is far more important than whether...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

TTUAC: Michael on Homeschooling (It’s Not Pretty)

Michael's statement is deceptive for at least two reasons. First, Michael does not let his...

November 2017

November 27, 2017

TTUAC: Raising Religious Show-Offs

The problem isn't using your children to make you look good, in other words. It's...

November 09, 2017

TTUAC: Dogs Get a Pass, Kids Don’t

Why does Michael show more understanding of his dog's disobedience than he does of children's...

October 2017

October 26, 2017

TTUAC: Beat Children With Plumbing Supply Line, Not Bibles

If Michael has such negative associations with the paddlings he received from the principal while...

October 12, 2017

TTUAC: The Bully Sets Out to Prevent Bullying

Michael is on to something when he suggests that a child will not listen to...

September 2017

September 28, 2017

TTUAC: Romanticizing Poverty

Raising children who are balanced and centered and have a healthy approach to money and...

December 2015

December 15, 2015

TTUAC: Pacifiers Make Children Fat

Chapter 15 of Michael Pearl’s child rearing manual, To Train Up A Child, is titled...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

TTUAC: Ignore Your Child’s Tears

Today we'll finish up the chapter on "emotion control." As a reminder, we're reviewing Michael...

November 23, 2015

TTUAC: The “Emotional Liar”

To Train Up A Child, chapter 14, part 1 And, we're back! I'm not sure...

May 2014

May 05, 2014

When Toxicity Demands a Break

In case you haven't noticed, I'm taking a bit of a break from my series...

April 2014

April 21, 2014

TTUAC: Bad Attitudes Are a Disease

If Michael's insistence that parents must break children's wills, with a heavy application of the...

April 14, 2014

TTUAC: If Your Child Is Roughed-Up, Rejoice!

If a child is beaten or bullied by his peers, parents should absolutely not "rejoice."...

April 06, 2014

TTUAC: Attitude Training, Beatings, and Lydia Schatz

And at last, here we are. "Attitude Training." I have really not been looking forward...

March 2014

March 30, 2014

TTUAC: Child Labor (or, Who Needs Academics?)

We are now to Michael's chapter titled "Child Labor." I've decided to cover this chapter...

March 24, 2014

TTUAC: Bed Wetting, Cold Hoses, and Hana Williams

In the coverage of Hana Williams, a lot of contradictory claims about To Train Up...

March 16, 2014

TTUAC: Snap To It!

When I was a child, we used to go swimming in a small pond near...

March 10, 2014

TTUAC: Supervise Children? Say What?

It strikes me that all of these safety techniques are ways to get out of...

March 03, 2014

TTUAC: Debi Pearl Knows Nothing about Babysitting

To tie these two last anecdotes together, how would Michael have felt if the men...

February 2014

February 23, 2014

TTUAC: Spank Your Baby to Sleep

This is a distinction that needs to be made when discussing this book with people...