Rachel Stone of Christianity Today takes a close look at To Train Up A Child in When Child Discipline Becomes Abuse. I notice that she linked to my blog which I much appreciate. She obviously read TTUAC with a critical eye and really “gets it.”
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RedditA Closer Look At TTUAC and How It Relates To The Deaths of 3 Children
October 5, 2011 Leave a Comment
More bloggers are analyzing the connections between the Pearls’ book, To Train Up A Child and the deaths of 3 children who were being raised by the methods therein.
Free By His Grace tells the story of Hana “Williams” in heart wrenching detail and warns against the teachings of TTUAC in Hana Williams: “Rebellion” or Reaction to Abuse?
QuicksilverQueen has started a detailed Book Review of To Train Up A Child and how it relates to the deaths. In this review she freely shares how being raised by these teachings affected her and what she was really feeling when her parents thought that she was joyously submissive.
Sadie Stein, writing for Jezebel, reports briefly on the Pearls and the deaths linked to their teachings in Another Child “Chastised” To Death.
Kathy Cassel of Cassel Crew explains her concerns with To Train Up A Child in (How Not) To Train Up a Child. Note that she does believe in spanking but more as a last resort than as a first and/or only tool.
The Disturbing World of The Pearls in which she looks at Doublespeak and Definitions as well as some examples of his abusive teachings.
and The Disturbing World of The Pearls Part 2 in which she takes a look at their heretical Theology.
Book Review of “The Vision” by Debi Pearl
July 20, 2011 2 Comments
I have been aware for some time of Debi Pearl’s novel, The Vision, but I had not mentioned it as I had yet to find a review of it which did not appear to be a press release. That is until now. Quiver Mamma has some issues with this book and shares them in Book Review: The Vision (The Last Publishers) by Debi Pearl.
Review of Good and Evil
April 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
Samuel left a long review of Good and Evil, by Michael Pearl, at HotCheapBook.
Deb’s Review of TTUAC – Part 3
March 25, 2011 2 Comments
Deb has posted the 3rd and final part of her review of Michael Pearl’s book, To Train Up A Child. In this post she looks at how Pearl prevented “sissies” and trained his children to always be happy. She also looks at what he teaches about the rod. She says that what Pearl teaches about persistence bothered her the most. I totally understand that. It is exactly this emphasis on persistence which I suspect killed Lydia Schatz.
For your convenience, here are Part 1 and Part 2 and here is the Intro.
Deb’s Review of TTUAC – Part 2
March 24, 2011 Leave a Comment
The the Wartburg Watch is finding their discussion of To Train Up A Child so interesting that they have already published part 2 of their book review. In this post she takes a quick look at Pearl’s credentials and then explains his training advice with many quotes from the book. She promises to look at his teaching about the rod tomorrow. Stay tuned.
For your convenience, part 1 is here.
Deb’s Review of TTUAC
March 23, 2011 Leave a Comment
Deb, from The Wartburg Watch, promised to read and review To “Train Up A Child” in Monday’s post and by Tuesday she had already purchased and read it. She has posted part one of her review, and plans to post more later this week. She is doing a great job of exposing the Pearls’ teachings.
Positively Feminine’s Review of TTUAC
February 10, 2011 2 Comments
Brenda King at Positively Feminine has posted a review of To Train Up A Child. This is an excellent review containing quotes from the book and Biblical arguments against the teachings.
TTUAC: The Good, The Bad and The Shocking
January 27, 2011 2 Comments
Elizabeth, at Virginia Is For Mothers, reviews To Train Up A Child. In part 1 she shares her overall reaction which is mixed, and then what she found Good and Helpful about the book. I agree that there are some good and helpful messages in that book. To say otherwise is to put up a wall between us and those who are so taken by the good that they downplay the bad or don’t see it at all. There is a lot of good and that is what makes the book so dangerous. Nobody would eat a bitter tasting poison, it needs to be mixed with honey if anyone is going to eat it. And yes, this is is a very good honey.
But Elizabeth is not fooled. She says:
Here’s what I think about To Train Up A Child: SIGH….these people are such a mixed bag of normalcy and wisdom with a whole lot of weird thrown in. It takes a lot of concentration to weed through the information and advice to find pieces that I think are reasonable and biblical. Once again, I did glean some encouragement and reminders to do what I already believe in doing. So, I’m going to start with that and later write about the (many) parts of the book that had me raising my eyebrows, cringing and picking my jaw up off the floor.
Which brings us to Part 2 in which she reminds people not to fall into the error of relying to heavily on one parenting method and then shares what she found Weird, Harsh and Downright Shocking. She includes plenty of quotes to back up her conclusions. I’m glad that she is participating in warning people about this book.
Good and Evil
December 21, 2010 1 Comment
Glenn E. Chatfield from Watchman’s Bagpipes reviews Michael Pearl’s Comic Book Version of the Bible, Good and Evil. He lists everything he considers to be unscriptural and/or extra-biblical. His main concern is the inclusion of the “Gap Theory.”
Living Creatively’s book review of TTUAC
August 24, 2010 Leave a Comment
Living Creatively has posted a book review of To Train Up a Child called, To Train Up a Child OR you could call it How to Abuse a Child.
She started her research when a friend asked her about the book and was properly shocked. She gives her own thoughts and then shares another review and some good links.
This blog writer is not against spanking, she says so in the comment section of her post, so I am tagging it appropriately.
Another pro-spanker speaks up
June 11, 2010 Leave a Comment
Another negative book review of TTUAC by a pro-spanker. I’m praising God that more people are taking a stand against this book. Jenni Lenc has good insight as to some of the major problems with these teachings, although she is careful not to be too harsh in her condemnation of them. A very good piece to share with Pearl followers who are asking you to explain your concerns.
To Train Up a Child by Michael and Debi Pearl from His Story In Lenc
Quotes from NJG website
June 10, 2010 Leave a Comment
This Review of the Pearls is from someone who agrees with many of the Pearls’ teachings (including the concept of training) but cannot get past some of the more outrageous quotes on their website.
TTUAC Book Review
April 6, 2010 Leave a Comment
Mama D shares her concerns and book review
April 5, 2010 Leave a Comment
Mama D. used to recommend the Pearl’s teachings but has since taken another look and has now written about her concerns in a post entitled, “Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child.”
She has also posted a 2 part book review of “To Train Up A Child”:
(Part 1) Book Review: To Train Up A Child
(Part 2) Book Review: To Train Up A Child
Jumping Ship
March 25, 2010 Leave a Comment
Mrs. Darling has written A Critical Review of Jumping Ship by the Pearls at her blog, Dishpan Dribble
Book Reviews of TTUAC:
March 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
“To Train Up A Child” chapter by chapter review by Wendy
“To Train Up A Child” Book Review From Allthings2all by Catez
To Train Up A Child? book review from The Watchman’s Bagpipes
“To Train Up a Child” … over my dead body from Sleepless in Suburbia (written for a Catholic audience)
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