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Claire’s Testimony
Claire has been doing some more Myth Busting at Dare to Disciple in Myth Busting 4: My Story. Here are the myths she busts in this installment: ‘Punish’ and ‘discipline’ are synonyms. (note: Sally Clarkson mentioned this in a recent post) All Christians spank. Spanking is the best way to make a point to a…
Read MoreUncovering More Horrors
As we probe the underbelly of the damage done by the Patriarchy Movement and even Corporeal Punishment in general, eventually we will uncover even more horrors. I have avoided “going there” for quite some time, preferring to skirt the issue, as it seemed unnecessary to bring up in polite society. However, this blog post from…
Read MoreDealing With Anger
Claire at Dare to Disciple has a post about Dealing With Anger, or in other words, controlling our temper.
Read MoreLooking at Bill Gothard
Dulce de Leche has shared some memories of Bill Gothard’s seminars and how his teachings affected her during her formative years in, Peering Underneath the Umbrella: Musings on Gothardism. This is an exposé as well as a testimony as she gives us an inside look at Gothard’s teachings. Speaking of Bill Gothard, E. Stephen Burnett…
Read MorePositive Safety Training
The Virginia Is For Mothers blog has a nice post about Positive Safety Training. Apparently she is also teaching her young one to cook. She compares and contrasts her method of safety training with Pearl’s method.
Read MoreThe Petite Chef Demonstrates Gentle Parenting
Dulce de Leche has been sharing about her 7 year old’s cooking skills. Today’s blog post is not to be missed. The sweet child has obviously been learning more than cooking by watching her mother. <3
Read MoreThankfull for Gentle Discipline
Carissa Robinson has a lovely blog post about how Thankfull she is that they are using gentle discipline, complete with an example of how it works. She also links to Sally Clarkson’s blog post about First Time Obedience. Sally Clarkson writes as the mother of adult children and reflects back on how her children were…
Read MoreTesting the Spirit of Quiverfull
Kristen Rosser has started a series over at NLQ called, Testing the Spirit of Quiverfull. I think this checklist of sorts actually pertains to all Patriarchy teachings. This is good reading for someone who is dabbling with Quiverfull/Patriarchy and thinking that they can separate the “meat from the bones.” These posts are written specifically for…
Read MoreGentle Discipline as a Second Language
Dulce de Leche explains the learning curve of Gentle Discipline by comparing it to learning a 2nd language. Well done and very helpful.
Read MoreSpeaking Out Against Patriarchy
Here is Rebecca Diamond’s testimony and explanation of what she has against Patriarchy. Note to the easily offended: she does give this post a PG-13 rating. And here is an exposé of the dark underbelly of the Father and Daughter Retreat offered by Vision forum. This is not for the faint of heart.
Read MoreControl
The Peaceful Housewife doesn’t like to be controlled. Do you? Most people don’t. 😉 It shouldn’t come as any surprise that our children don’t like it much either. Meanwhile, Dulce de Leche explains a bit of what not controlling your budding chef looks like.
Read MoreA Quiver Full of Information
A Quiver Full of Information offers “The Who, What, Why of the Quiverfull Movement & Lifestyle.” The intro says: This site aims to collect information on all aspects of the burgeoning Christian “Quiverfull” movement. The information is presented in neutral environment. The opinions expressed in the documents are those of the author and not of…
Read MoreGrace-Based Discipline and the Older Child
Here is an excellent article from Crystal Lutton, of Arms of Love, on how to use Grace-Based Discipline on the older child.
Read MoreAn Exposé of the Courtship & Betrothal Movements
I tended to think that the Patriarchy Movement and the Quiverfull Movement were pretty much the same thing, but I was wrong. The Quiverfull movement falls under Patriarchy or Patriocentric teachings, but not everyone in those movements is Quiverfull. There is also the Courtship and Betrothal Movements which do allow the limiting children, but are…
Read MoreSchatz Trial Delayed
According to the Oroville Mercury Register, the Schatz Trial has been delayed until April 11, 2011. I will include the text here for permance. Alleged ‘chastisement’ trial delayed Staff Reports Posted: 02/18/2011 10:43:39 PM PST OROVILLE — Attorneys again asked a judge Thursday to postpone the trial of a Paradise couple for allegedly whipping their 7-year-old…
Read MoreBear Mother vs Tiger Mother
Dulce de Leche has posted a long excerpt from an article written by Samuel Martin called, The Tiger Mother vs The Bear Mother in which he looks at Christian mothering.
Read MoreThe Burden of Legalism
Rach at the Incorrigible Gingers posts about the Burdens legalistic teachers are placing on the Believers’ backs. Speaking of Legalism, there is an interesting article at NLQ about Why the Quiverfull Movement is called Legalistic? .
Read MoreGentle Discipline 102
So, if we should not spank our children, how then should we discipline them? We have started looking at gentle discipline. Purple Kangaroo has a long post explaining her methods of Handling Hitting and Hurtful Words. So, what about time outs? Are they a good tool? The Peaceful Housewife looks at that in To The…
Read MoreTowel folding
The Peaceful Housewife has a very thought provoking post about the messages we give our children about themselves when their efforts are never good enough in Towel Folding Lessons. We must be careful because this is what she discovered: I was passing along my perfectionist, performance-based tendencies and my codependency to my sweet, innocent little…
Read MoreParenting 101
Carissa Robinson has posted some fundamentals of gentle parenting. Just think of it as Parenting 101. (Note that I also updated the post below this one with one new link)
Read MoreMyth Busting
Claire has been doing some Myth Busting over at Dare to Disciple. Today I would like to feature Myth Busting 3: Backtalk, Consistency and the United Front. For your convenience, here are her previous posts: Myth Busting 2: ‘Pick your battles’ Myth Busting 1: ‘A rod for your own back’
Read MoreWho is God?
Molly asks, “Who is God?” as she shares her testimony of how she learned to see God as a Gentle Parent, rather than a Vengeful Judge.
Read MoreScriptural Tofurkey
GreenGem at Dare to Disciple explains what Scriptural Tofurkey is in this very interesting and thought provoking analogy.
Read MoreComforting Children in the Night
Nighttime parenting is very challenging. We have a very physical need for sleep. It is important to remember that our children have a very real need for comfort and that parenting is a 24 hour a day job. Denying children Comfort in the night can have lasting repercussions as these memories from Discipleship Mothering demonstrate.
Read MoreSpiritual Abuse
Molly reviews and processes chapters 3 and 4 of The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse; Recognizing and Escaping Spiritual Manipulation and False Spiritual Authority within the Church By Jeff VanVonderan, and David Johnson. Speaking of spiritual abuse here are the signs of a Toxic Movement again.
Read MoreA Few Tools That Have Worked
To help us expand our Gentle Discipline Toolbox, Carissa Robinson shares A Few Tools Which Have Worked For Her Sweet Little Guy.
Read MoreInstant Obedience or Compliance
Molly explains the dangers of training children for Instant Obedience or Compliance in this testimony about a young lady and the abuse of authority outside the home.
Read MoreBiblical Distortion in the Patriarchy Movement
The Incorrigible Gingers exposes some Biblical Distortion of the Patriarchy movement and then links to a Times article about the Stay At Home Daughters Movement. Sahd. The Patriarchy Movement sure fits the Signs of a Toxic Movement. While we’re on the subject of Patriarchy, I would like point out that even the Pearls have concerns…
Read MoreThe Root Problem
Dulce de Leche uncovers the root problem with the punitive mindset in her post, Authority, Submission, Control and Discipline. Yes, the root problem is control. Now that you have seen why we should not try to control our children, Lucy explains why she cannot control her children and what that looks like in her house.
Read MoreThe Schatz Abuse Story and the Paradise Post
As 2010 winds to a close, I am reflecting on the changes to this website. I moved to this blog in March during the thick of the Schatz story. Over the months I found more and more time passing between posts and started filling that time with posts about other controlling groups such as the…
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