Posts Tagged ‘Gentle Christian Mothers’
Testimony of Gentle Parenting
Gentle Christian Mothers has posted a testimony on her Facebook page. She includes a lovely photo of her 4 children, I do hope you will take a look. It is a public post so I do not believe that you need to have a Facebook account in order to view it. For your sharing convenience:FacebookemailTumblrAdd…
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RedditLetter to A Pro-Spanker
The Melting Mom has written a letter to her pro-spanking friend to explain what she has learned about gentle parenting. This is a fantastic letter and I know that you will find it helpful. I would also like to remind everyone that Gentle Christian Mothers is a very good place for mothers who are seeking…
Read MoreRefuting Pearl’s Analysis of Spanking Studies
In a recent post, I shared discussion of an addition to To Train Up A Child by Michael Pearl. There is an exerpt from the chapter on the No Greater Joy website. In this article, Michael Pearl refutes studies which have shown spanking children to be harmful and shares the results of some other studies…
Read MoreDiscussing the new chapter of TTUAC
The Gentle Christian Mothers are discussing NGJ’s New Addition to “To Train Up a Child.” It seems that for their 21st anniversary edition, No Greater Joy has added a new chapter to the book which attempts to refute studies which showing spanking to be detrimental to children. Of course, the moms at Gentle Christian Mothers have found…
Read MorePreparing Young Children for Eating Out
Gentle Mother, Megbar, took her preschoolers out to dinner for the first time the other night. Wanting to make it a pleasant experience, she prepared them by explaining to them what they should expect and what she expected of them. The dinner went so well that she shared about it on Gentle Christian Mothers. I…
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Teach Your Babies Well
The following was originally posted in thread on Gentle Christian Mothers called, “…And I’m the Strict One!“and is a follow up to my previous post, Teach Your Children Well. At 4 months, what you want to be doing is starting the phase of ‘discipline’ that I call “show and tell” — it’s not a phase…
Read MoreLooking at Grace
I would like to share 2 things with you about grace. The first is a post from Gentle Christian Mothers and is an example of one of the reasons a Christian mom decided to not to spank. You can see more reasons in the rest of that thread. The other thing I found on Facebook:…
Read MoreTeach Your Children Well
The following was originally posted in thread on Gentle Christian Mothers called, “…And I’m the Strict One!“. Well, ladies, do you know what’s a show-stopper in a nicely chatting group of Christian Mommies? It’s when the strictest parent there casually mentions that she doesn’t spank. Here’s the circle of my friends and acquaintances when I…
Read MoreMaking Sure They Learn Their Lesson
I really believe that most parents get no pleasure out of spanking their children and do so only so that they will “learn their lesson.” But what does spanking children really teach them? I have seen many testimonies of adults who were spanked as children who did not learn what their parents meant to teach…
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Christianity Today Article on Corporal Punishment
Christianity Today Magazine has an article about Corporal Punishment in their January 2012 Issue which you might want to purchase. When and if they post it online, I will post a link to it. This article mentions Hana Alemu “Williams”, Lydia Schatz and Sean Paddock and the influence of To Train Up A Child by…
Read MoreGiving Thanks
As you probably know, today is the day set aside in the United States for giving thanks to God. Therefore, I would like to devote today’s post to doing just that. First of all, I am very thankful to God for my life and my salvation which He has given me instead of what I…
Read MoreWhy Blame The Pearls At All? – Part 2
Yesterday I looked at the question of what the Pearls’ teachings had to do with the death of Lydia Schatz. Today I will look at the deaths of Sean Paddock and Hana Williams. Lydia died as a direct result of her parents following the Pearls’ teachings, but that was not the case with Sean and…
Read MoreOne Mom’s Look at “Shepherding A Child’s Heart”
Thatmom has re-posted Anne Sokol’s book review of Ted Tripp’s book, Shepherding A Child’s Heart. I’m so glad she did because I missed it the first time. Speaking of which, here is another review of that book from MarynMunchkins on GCM. For your sharing convenience:FacebookemailTumblrAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreReview of Shepherding A Child’s Heart
Gentle Christian Mothers reviews Shepherding A Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp. This is the first in a series of posts highlighting the different procedures given by various Christian authors on the proper way to spank. I’m hoping to show that there isn’t a biblical way to spank, but that the views on so-called biblical spanking…
Read MoreLetters to Dobson
Discipleship Parenting wrote a Letter to Dr. James Dobson. It is a lovely letter, you should take a look at it. In it she gives a testimony of how his teaching on spanking hurt her family and how they found something better. She got a reply from Focus on The Family defending their stance. She…
Read MoreMy 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…
Read MoreGluesticks
Sometimes I hear confusion about the idea of using gluesticks for spanking. This does not mean the little 3 inch gluesticks, it means the 12 inch ones. For more about spanking and gluesticks, please see Gangbangers and Gluesticks. For your sharing convenience:FacebookemailTumblrAdd to favoritesReddit
Read MoreTo Control a Child
Cultured Mama has written some very good arguments against the manipulative and dangerous teachings of Michael and Debi Pearl in To Control a Child. She also warns against Ezzo and Babywise and gives a lot of links for further research. For your sharing convenience:FacebookemailTumblrAdd to favoritesReddit
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…
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