So Much More Than a Maiden Of Virtue

Wondering One is telling her story, I Am So Much More Than A Maiden Of Virtue, over at No Longer Quivering. In Chapter 3 she shares how her parents discovered Michael and Debi Pearl’s book To Train up a Child. If you start at chapter 1 and then read chapter 2 and chapter 3 you…

My Thoughts on Submission

Ever since my good friend, GreenGem, posted her Thoughts On Leadership I have been pondering my own thoughts on submission. When someone actually emailed me to ask me whether I believed in Wife Only Submission (WOS) or Mutual Submission (MS) I pondered even harder.  Now I am feeling led to solidify my thoughts. MS starts…

Psychology and the Christian Mindset

JeriWho has written a very interesting blog about Psychology and The Fundamentalist Christian at Blog On The Way.  Her premise is that while rejecting Psychology for being “atheistic, Darwinistic, and utterly secular,” they tend to embrace behaviorism which is also atheistic and unbliblical.  She makes some very good points here and gives much food for…

Raising Toddlers Gently

Ashley Van Otterloo has written a post for The Journey about how to overcome obstacles in the gentle parenting of toddlers.

Grace Is For Mamas, too

Dulce has done a post at Authentic Parenting Blog called, Gently Disciplining Ourselves – Part I.  In this post she explains how to be the kind of parent you were planing to be when you were a child. Here is Part 2. Here is Part 3.

Michael Pearl’s Article About Laughing

You probably saw Michael Pearl’s article about how he is laughing at his critics when he first wrote it in March 2010.  It was a response to the outraged responses to the Schatz tragedy.  I posted reactions to that here.   I was surprised recently to stumble upon the information that Michael Pearl posted this same…

My Experiences With Spanking

“Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.” -Prov 22:15 This Bible verse and the idea that it refers to a literal rod encompassed most of my mother’s parenting philosophy. How to Be the Parents of Happy and Obedient Children by Roy Lessin…

Mary Jane’s Farm Magazine

It has come to  my attention that Mary Jane’s Farm Magazine is running a full-page ad for the Bulk Herb Store in their Dec/Jan ’10 issue. I wonder if they are aware that the Bulk Herb Store is owned by Shoshana Pearl, daughter of Michael and Debi. It’s possible that they have idea of what…

Good and Evil

I have come across a discussion of Michael Pearl’s book, Good And Evil, which is a comic book version of The Bible. Actually, she mainly discusses their efforts to turn this graphic novel into a feature film and the video designed to raise funds for that project. ‘Good and Evil,’ the Graphic Bible, Considered With…

The Danger Dilemma

Many parents reserve spankings for life or death situations.  Is there really any value in that?  Will spanking really protect children from danger?  GreeneGem answers that question in The Danger Dilemma.