Posts by Hermana Linda
MN from Michigan’s Testimony
The first time I met someone who trained their child like Michael and Debi Pearl recommend my first child was around 6 to 9 months old. This older mother invited me to her house for a “Moms’ group”. We would sit for a couple of hours in her living room and, while we talked or…
Read MoreAmy’s Arguments
The philosophical underpinnings of these kinds of “Christian” behaviour “training” models do not sit well with biblical theology. The more I read about Ezzo and Pearl’s behaviour modification techniques the more I am reminded of Behaviouristic psychology (the works of Skinner, Watson, Pavlov etc) Fundamentally, behavioural psychology advocates the use operant/classical conditioning for behaviour modification…
Read MoreDanielle’s arguments
“What is “wrong”, IMO, about going strictly from a training point-of-view is that children are *NOT* dogs, mules, mice, etc. (Some could pointedly argue you don’t even need to train dogs with all this “pain”.) There is a future. We do not just need our children to be manageable *today*, we hopefully want them to…
Read MoreJo’s arguments
“You know, this is my very basic beef with Pearl and Ezzo, et al. This very basic concept that THEY (the parent) control the hearts of their children. Wow, how incredibly god-like. I was pretty sure that the Bible says only GOD can rule the hearts of his children. Controlling the hearts of our children…
Read MoreKathy Thile’s Arguments
“The Pearls believe that training is a separate thing from teaching and discipline. They start very early using a switch to inflict pain…to train babies to avoid things the parent wants the baby to avoid…just like a behavioral psychologist might use electric shocks and rewards to train rats to navigate a maze. In my opinion…
Read MoreTestimony Links
Perfectionism by Ann Voskamp Fruits of Pearl Parenting by Jo from TulipGirl’s blog Love vs. Fear and how adoption has changed our parenting by Christie To Train Up A Child book Review by Tina Jobe Spare The Child by Jessica-Martin Weber Why I am No Longer a Spanking Parent By Joan Vazquez Brandy’s Testimony by…
Read MoreLinda V’s Arguments
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 KJV Train [Or Start ] a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6 NIV It has come to my attention…
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