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Turning Loving Parents Into Monsters Since 1994

By Hermana Linda | September 27, 2013 |

Forgedimagination explains exactly how the Pearls’ teachings turn loving parents into monsters in Raised To Be A Monster. For your sharing convenience:FacebookemailTumblrAdd to favoritesReddit

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There Is More Than One Way To Train A Child

By Hermana Linda | July 1, 2013 |

Rebecca Diamond considered one kind of Child Training but ended up embracing Child Training of quite a different sort. For your sharing convenience:FacebookemailTumblrAdd to favoritesReddit

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And When They Become Teenagers? Then What?

By Hermana Linda | June 7, 2013 |

Cindy Foster of The Baptist Taliban blog explains why she no longer believes in spanking in, I’m Coming Out! Along similar lines, Dara Stoltzfus has some interesting things to say about parenting teenagers in Spanking puts the parent in a bad autopilot mode… And speaking of Dara, she also takes a very good look at…

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Advice Line: Can You Help These Readers?

By Hermana Linda | May 15, 2013 |

I have had 2 solicitations for advice so I’m opening up the advice line. Can anyone help these readers? Marissa Stone asks: Can you give me some advice on teaching honesty to kids? Right now it it feels like I am trying to push a car uphill. Not totally impossible but hard. How can you…

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Benefits of Gentle Parenting

By Hermana Linda | May 7, 2013 |

Jesse Hoover writes about how being gentle allowed him to correct without losing his son’s heart in When An Iron Fist Turns Soft. Dara Stoltzfus shares about how gentle parenting saved her life as she discusses blind obedience. For your sharing convenience:FacebookemailTumblrAdd to favoritesReddit

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Gentle Parenting Older Children

By Hermana Linda | May 6, 2013 |

Jeri, of Gentle Christian Mothers, shares about how Gentle Parenting is working now that her children are older. For your sharing convenience:FacebookemailTumblrAdd to favoritesReddit

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Another Facebook Meme Debunked

By Hermana Linda | December 5, 2012 |

Dara Stoltzfus is on a roll. Today’s post confronts another Facebook Meme, My Promise To My Children. For your sharing convenience:FacebookemailTumblrAdd to favoritesReddit

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More On Raising Christian Teenagers

By Hermana Linda | October 1, 2012 |

C.L. Dyck of Scita Scita Scienda shares her reaction to Sharon Lathan’s recent post (which I shared yesterday) in Parenting Teens in the Christian Culture. For your sharing convenience:FacebookemailTumblrAdd to favoritesReddit

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Is It Discipline Or Sexual Assault?

By Hermana Linda | September 27, 2012 |

Molly explains the evil of allowing adult men to spank teenaged girls in Texas schools. If you are very sensitive, you might want to just skip this one. For your sharing convenience:FacebookemailTumblrAdd to favoritesReddit

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Learning Forgiveness

By Hermana Linda | September 6, 2012 |

Many Christians teach that children must be punished for their misbehavior in order to learn. But what do they learn? Do they need to be punished in order to forgive themselves? Dara Stoltzfus looks at what the Bible teaches about forgiveness and punishment in How to Teach Forgiveness. For your sharing convenience:FacebookemailTumblrAdd to favoritesReddit

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Parenting Teenagers is Hard

By Hermana Linda | February 11, 2012 |

Jen of The Path Less Taken explains why a man who shoots his daughter’s laptop is Not Her Idea Of a Hero. For your sharing convenience:FacebookemailTumblrAdd to favoritesReddit

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Hephzibah House on CNN

By Hermana Linda | September 3, 2011 |

Under Much Grace reports all about CNN’s coverage of Hephzibah House complete with video and links to the transcript. She highlights outtakes from the transcripts on her blog. For your sharing convenience:FacebookemailTumblrAdd to favoritesReddit

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Hildebrant’s Word Study of Proverbs 22:6a “To Train Up A Child.”

By Hermana Linda | July 11, 2011 |

Here is a link to Ted Hildebrant’s article in the Grace Theological Journal 9.1 (1988) 3-19, Proverbs 22:6a; To Train Up A Child? which analyses what “To Train Up A Child” really means. Here is a short quote from the intro: Careful consideration of lexical and contextual factors suggests that “train up a child in…

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Gentle Parenting of Teens

By Hermana Linda | April 8, 2011 |

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…

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Close Encounters of the Pearl Kind

By Hermana Linda | March 15, 2011 |

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…

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Grace-Based Discipline and the Older Child

By Hermana Linda | February 22, 2011 |

Here is an excellent article from Crystal Lutton, of Arms of Love, on how to use Grace-Based Discipline on the older child. For your sharing convenience:FacebookemailTumblrAdd to favoritesReddit

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