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February 2014

February 16, 2014

TTUAC: Police State

Look, I agree that you shouldn't make the decision to have children unless you are...

February 10, 2014

TTUAC: The Bigger Bully

This chapter is titled Training Examples. It's a longer chapter, so I'll be going through...

February 02, 2014

TTUAC: Blessed Mother, Don’t Have Mercy

When a child has two caregivers, the child should, ideally, have an extra layer of...

January 2014

January 27, 2014

TTUAC: Children Obey Your Siblings

Several years ago, after I had already left home, married, and started a family of...

January 19, 2014

TTUAC: The Naked Sword of the Law

This comparison between the chastisement of God and application of the rod is a common...

January 13, 2014

TTUAC: Applying the Rod

Michael is very detailed in his discussion of causing children pain. He argues that parents...

January 06, 2014

TTUAC: The “Magic Wand”

This section gives a great deal of insight into how Michael views the rod, and...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

TTUAC: Guilt, Self Loathing, and Punishment, Oh My!

The point Michael is trying to make is that children need and want the rod...

December 23, 2013

TTUAC: Children Want To Be Beaten

So, a number of you have noted that Michael is emphasizing that "the rod" is...

December 16, 2013

TTUAC: God Spanks His Children

And these are the moments where I want to rage quit this review series. What...

December 09, 2013

TTUAC: Don’t Let Your Empathy (or Flashbacks) Get in the Way of Your Corporal Discipline

I once again feel like Michael has no idea why a parent like myself has...

December 01, 2013

TTUAC: If You Love Your Children, You Will Beat Them

This is toxic. This is how Michael convinces otherwise gentle and loving parents to beat...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

TTUAC: Pulling a Child’s Strings

On the one hand, this chapter includes many things that appear to be really good...

November 18, 2013

TTUAC: In Which Michael Admits Children Have Feelings

Michael's statement of the mother that "being engrossed in her company, she was not thinking...

November 10, 2013

TTUAC: The Strings That Suffocate

I do not understand what is going on here. You cannot say one thing, and...

November 04, 2013

TTUAC: I Made a Child That I Don’t Like

Look, there are times I don't "like" my husband. There are times I don't "like"...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

TTUAC: Anger Management, Pearl Style

This parenting where disobedience or disagreement with parental dictates allows a great deal of selfishness...

October 21, 2013

TTUAC: “Child Development” My Foot!

All Michael has done in this section is tell us that small children do not...

October 14, 2013

TTUAC: The Spiritual Fetus

Michael advises "punishing" children who do wrong when they know it is wrong, and "training"...

October 07, 2013

TTUAC: Short-Circuiting Children’s Natural Development

What Michael is missing is that it's possible to handle this very natural phase---this transition...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

TTUAC: The Grocery Store Terrorist

It's important to remember that being a small child can be downright frustrating, and that...

September 22, 2013

TTUAC: This Is What Got Lydia Schatz Killed

This is what got Lydia Schatz killed. Seriously, this, right here. It's also what came...

September 15, 2013

TTUAC: Booty Camp, Crying as “Manipulation,” and Switching Babies

Michael looks at a mother trying to settle an infant to sleep and sees a...

September 09, 2013

TTUAC: Children Should Be Convenient

This idea is the natural extension of Michael’s proposed training sessions. The idea is that...

September 02, 2013

TTUAC: Definitional Discussions and Pavlov’s Dog

Note the pairing of "happy and obedient." The Pearls do say that they want happy...

August 2013

August 25, 2013

TTUAC: Immediate Obedience or Death

What is this I don't even. Children are not horses. How many ways can I...

August 18, 2013

TTUAC: Dogs, Soldiers, and Disturbing Analogies

Seeing-eye dogs aren't actually trained for absolute obedience. They're trained to stop a before a...

August 12, 2013

TTUAC: The Promise of Perfection

Reading this, I get the feeling that Michael can't stand children acting like, you know,...

August 10, 2013

TTUAC: Laying out the Goal

You probably know that I've been writing a page-by-page review of Debi Pearl's manual on...