Posts Tagged ‘Pearls’
The Schatz Story Going Mainstream
Brad Hirschfield posts in The Washington Post about the Schatz story and To Train Up A Child in a piece called, Beating children in the name of God. He exhorts us Christians, saying: Tragically, this is going on, it must be stopped, and it is precisely those of us for whom the Bible is a…
Read MoreMore Investigation from CNN
CNN continues its investigative report of abuse among fundamental Christians and how it relates to the Pearls’ teachings. Jocelyn Zichterman, who was raised in this culture and started Freedomfromabuse.net, explains the concept of Breaking The Will and how spankings must continue until the child submits even if it takes several hours. This video seems to…
Read MoreTranscript of Pearl on CNN including Cut Scenes
Under Much Grace features not only the CNN video about the Pearls but a link to the transcript on the CNN site. As the transcript contains some cut scenes, she highlights those in her post. For anyone who wants to read just the part of the transcript which contains the Pearl/Schatz story, use CTRL F…
Read MoreCNN Exposes the Pearls’ Teachings
CNN has done an exposeé on the Pearls’ teachings and has implicated them in the death of Lydia Schatz. This series features a close look at the Lydia Schatz case,an interview with Michael and Debi Pearl as well as an interview with D.A. Mike Ramsey who says that he blames the Pearl’s teachings for Lydia’s…
Read MoreGentle Parenting In Action
Libby Anne has a very interesting blog post about how being raised by the Pearls’ teachings affects her efforts to gently parent her daughter in Parenting Is Not A Contest. For more examples of Gentle Parenting, check out Pearl in Oyster’s (PIO’s) play by play of one whole day day: A Day in the Life,…
Read MoreThe Death Of Lydia Schatz on Wikipedia
I just found the Wikipedia article on the Death of Lydia Schatz. It seems to be factual. Interestingly, they link to this site. Only, they don’t link to any one post, but to page two of my blog. That doesn’t seem helpful at all, it must be an error. They also have an entry for…
Read MoreBroken Daughters
I just found another blogger, Lisa Bennet, who is sharing her life story/testimony of being raised in a fundamentalist christian home. In Part 5 her parents start following the Pearls’ teachings.
Read MoreREAL Parenting Joy
PfamilyGal expresses her concerns about the Pearls’ teachings in REAL Parenting Joy.
Read MoreWhen The Child Abuser Has a Bible
In Dec of 2010 The Official Newsletter of the National Child Protection Training Center featured an article entitled, When the Child Abuser Has a Bible: Investigating Child Maltreatment Sanctioned or Condoned by a Religious Leader. They mention To Train Up A Child by Michael and Debi Pearl in the footnotes and include a quote from…
Read MoreMichael Pearl: Heretic?
Becky, from Created To Be His, shares how she changed her mind about Michael Pearl’s teachings after 10 years of following them in Michael Pearl: Heretic?
Read MoreWartburg Watch and IFB
The Wartburg Watch Focuses on Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches this week. So far they have: Is The Independent Fundamental Baptist Church Any Different Than the Southern Baptist Convention and Sovereign Grace Ministries? The Independent Fundamental Baptist Church Sounds Like Mark Driscoll and The Rest of Them Who Do The Independent Fundamental Baptists Say They Are?…
Read MoreHeartbreaking Abuse
Warning, the first post should not be read by sensitive people: The Breaking the “Diabolical Will” of Infants in the IFB – Even at Hephzibah House: Pondering Pearl and Lydia Schatz Part VII There But For Grace: Why Good People Make Dangerous Choices (Pondering Pearl and Lydia Schatz) Part VIII Humiliation at Hephzibah House: Restriction…
Read MoreDamaging Effects of Punishment on Children
GreeneGem explains the damage which was done to her by her mothers trampling on her Boundaries. Speaking of damage, did you know that when babies are left to cry it out, their little bodies are being flooded with Cortisol? Discipleship Parenting looks at what effect that has on them. Meanwhile Pearl, from An Apprenticeship in…
Read MoreMemories of a Child Raised by the Pearl Method
No Longer Quivering has started a new story by Libby Anne about her childhood in which she was raised by the Pearl Method. In part 1 she tells about how her mother almost killed her little sister by strict adherence to the Pearl Method.
Read MoreABC News Exposes Abuse in some IFB Churches
ABC News Exposes Alleged Abuse in some IFB Churches on this News Video. The Schatz story is mentioned as well as the recent Lori Wick Child Abuse Scandal. Brian Fuller of Trinity Baptist Church condemns the abuse and insists that not all IFB churches are the same. I agree with him, as my Independent Fundamental…
Read MoreGentle Parenting of Teens
Lucy tells us how she gently parents her teenager at Dare to Disciple. Along similar lines, Virginia Is For Mothers has written a post about using Calm Words with our children rather than yelling and/or scolding. This is a good reminder for all of us. Meanwhile, Under Much Grace continues with her series analyzing the…
Read MoreAnother Case of Renal Failure
Cindy of Under Much Grace has discovered another case of a child being hospitalized with Renal Failure. This family is also known to follow the Pearl’s method of child training. It is not known at this time if this is another case of rhabdomyolosis or not.
Read MoreSeries on First Time Obedience
Cindy of Under Much Grace has posted part 5 of her series about First Time Obedience: Revisiting First Time Obedience: Finding New Alternatives For your convenience I will paste here the links to the rest of the series along with her descriptions: ►First Time Obedience Introduction The Selfish Sin of Shyness A review of the…
Read MoreDeb’s Review of TTUAC – Part 3
Deb has posted the 3rd and final part of her review of Michael Pearl’s book, To Train Up A Child. In this post she looks at how Pearl prevented “sissies” and trained his children to always be happy. She also looks at what he teaches about the rod. She says that what Pearl teaches about…
Read MoreDeb’s Review of TTUAC – Part 2
The the Wartburg Watch is finding their discussion of To Train Up A Child so interesting that they have already published part 2 of their book review. In this post she takes a quick look at Pearl’s credentials and then explains his training advice with many quotes from the book. She promises to look at…
Read MoreDeb’s Review of TTUAC
Deb, from The Wartburg Watch, promised to read and review To “Train Up A Child” in Monday’s post and by Tuesday she had already purchased and read it. She has posted part one of her review, and plans to post more later this week. She is doing a great job of exposing the Pearls’ teachings.
Read MoreMore Pearl Exposure
The Wartburg Watch apparently just found out about the Pearls and are properly shocked. I’m so glad that more sites are speaking out. Nothing really new here, but this is a pretty good synopsis and good to share with those who may not yet know. They promise to do more investigating. I’ll be watching for…
Read MoreClose Encounters of the Pearl Kind
Someone finally noticed that I have a discussion board on my Facebook Page. So far, there is only one discussion there, so far and I found it so interesting, I thought I’d share for those who have not joined Facebook. This is Stephanie’s story of her close encounter with Pearl’s followers: With my second pregnancy…
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 MoreWhy Do People Blame the Pearls?
This post by Elizabeth Esther was written in Feb of 2010 as a response to the Schatz Tragedy. It is a great post for sharing as it contains a careful explanation of the Pearls’ teachings and how they relate to Lydia’s death as well as her own personal testimony. A link to this post can…
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 MoreSpanking to Remove Guilt?
Back in October of 2010, Michael Pearl published an article where he claimed that he had never taught that spanking absolves a child of guilt. He does, however, teach in that same article that they need the spanking in order to absolve themselves of guilt. It is clear in all my writing that the forgiveness…
Read MorePositively Feminine’s Review of TTUAC
Brenda King at Positively Feminine has posted a review of To Train Up A Child. This is an excellent review containing quotes from the book and Biblical arguments against the teachings.
Read MoreIn Memory of Lydia Schatz
Sunday, Feb 6, 2011 was the first anniversary of the death of Lydia Schatz. Here are the posts I have found in memory of her so far In memory of Lydia Schatz by ukrainiac in which she gives a brief summary of the story and links to Tulip Girl’s post. Remembering Lydia Schatz by Tulip…
Read MoreTTUAC: The Good, The Bad and The Shocking
Elizabeth, at Virginia Is For Mothers, reviews To Train Up A Child. In part 1 she shares her overall reaction which is mixed, and then what she found Good and Helpful about the book. I agree that there are some good and helpful messages in that book. To say otherwise is to put up a…
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