The Pearls’ Teachings
Book Reviews of TTUAC:
“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)
Read MoreArguments against The Pearls’ Teachings
On The Pearls and Parenting by Tulipgirl Michael and Debi Pearl’s No Greater Joy Ministries: A Look at the Basics From Allthings2all by Catez Michael Pearl on Original Sin: An Analysis From Allthings2all by Catez Concerns about the Pearls A letter to a pastor By MarynMunchkins Salon’s article about The Pearls by Lynn Harris Child…
Read MoreChristy’s Testimony
We know the Pearls very well as we have followed their ministry since almost its inception. We have read nearly every article and book, listened to every CD and watched nearly every DVD. We would have come to their defense in a heart beat before we adopted our son but two years ago the Lord…
Read MoreResponses to Created To Be His Helpmeet and other marital advice
Spunky’s Blog entry about Created To Be His Helpmeet The Pearls Respond to the Blogs by Spunky “Created to Be His Help Meet” discussion Today, I’ll let Mr. Pearl speak for himself… by Rebecca I feel sorry for Debi and Michael Pearl! from Emotional Abuse and Your Faith is debi pearl’s “created to be his…
Read MoreFirst Reactions
As soon as the news broke that Lydia Schatz’s death was linked to Pearl’s teachings, blogs started being written. Here are the first reactions to the news: Heartbroken. Angry. Again. By TulipGirl This made me cry today… By Rebecca Liberian orphan news that no one wants to hear from Smith Soup Beauty for Ashes: in…
Read MoreThe Schatz Story in the News part 1
Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz are now being charged with torture and murder after following Pearl’s training advice. Here are some news stories: Note: Many news stories removed from their paper’s websites can be found elsewhere. I’ll try to keep the links updated. Many can be found at the first 2 links. Religion News Blog’s news…
Read MoreSean Paddock
In March of 2006 Sean Paddock’s death was attributed to Pearl’s training advice. His mother was found guilty and the case is now going to appeal. Here is an article about the trial.
Read MorePaula Lilly’s testimony
This is my personal account of my experiences with following the advice of Micheal Pearl, author of To Train Up A Child I had many fears and apprehensions about parenting even before my first child was born. Many of them had to do with discipline. I was all too aware of what would be expected…
Read MoreMN 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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