{"id":314,"date":"2010-06-07T18:17:02","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T18:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nogreaterjoychildren.wordpress.com\/?p=314"},"modified":"2014-11-15T17:05:25","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T00:05:25","slug":"just-reposting-passing-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.childhoodrevered.com\/sentient\/parenting\/2010\/06\/just-reposting-passing-along\/","title":{"rendered":"Awful Library Books: Train Up Your Child"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Awful Library Books<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Train Up Your\u00a0Child<\/h2>\n

June 6, 2010 \u00b7 53 Comments<\/a><\/h4>\n

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To Train Up a Child
\nPearl
\n1994<\/p>\n

Submitter: <\/strong>I actually remember my mother having this book at some point (I don\u2019t think she ascribed to it). Two children have died as a result of the author\u2019s child care advice and one other was in critical condition.\u00a0 At some point some books aren\u2019t even funny to joke about and just need to be removed because they endanger society. This is why I weed \u2013 to get stuff like this that might hurt others off the self.<\/p>\n

Here is what Amazon Reviewer R. Craig \u201cMother\u201d said and I couldn\u2019t have built a case better myself. Currently World Cat has 56 libraries still holding this material.<\/p>\n

Here are some details:<\/p>\n

1) The Pearls recommend whipping infants only a few months old on their bare skin. They describe whipping their own 4 month old daughter (p.9). They recommend whipping the bare skin of \u201cevery child\u201d (p.2) for \u201cChristians and non-Christians\u201d (p.5) and for \u201cevery transgression\u201d (p.1). Parents who don\u2019t whip their babies into complete submission are portrayed as indifferent, lazy, careless and neglectful (p.19) and are \u201ccreating a Nazi\u201d (p.45).<\/p>\n

2) On p.60 they recommend whipping babies who cannot sleep and are crying, and to never allow them \u201cto get up.\u201d On p.61 they recommend whipping a 12 month old girl for crying. On p.79 they recommend whipping a 7 month old for screaming.<\/p>\n

3) On p.65 co-author Debi Pearl whips the bare leg of a 15 month old she is babysitting, 10 separate times, for not playing with something she tells him to play with. On p.56 Debi Pearl hits a 2 year old so hard \u201ca karate chop like wheeze came from somewhere deep inside.\u201d<\/p>\n

4) On p.44 they say not to let the child\u2019s crying while being hit to \u201ccause you to lighten up on the intensity or duration of the spanking.\u201d On p.59 they recommend whipping a 3 year old until he is \u201ctotally broken.\u201d<\/p>\n

5) On p.55 the Pearls say a mother should hit her child if he cries for her.<\/p>\n

6) On p.46 the Pearls say that if a child does obey before being whipped, whip them anyway. And \u201cif you have to sit on him to spank him, then do not hesitate. And hold him there until he is surrendered. Prove that you are bigger, tougher.\u201d \u201cDefeat him totally.\u201d On p.80 they recommend giving a child having a tantrum \u201ca swift *forceful* spanking.\u201d On the same page they say to whip small children on their bare skin until they stop screaming. \u201cDon\u2019t be bullied. Give him more of the same.\u201d They say to continue whipping until their crying turns into a \u201cwounded, submissive whimper.\u201d<\/p>\n

7) On p.47 they recommend their various whips, including \u201ca belt or larger tree branch\u201d to hit children.<\/p>\n

\"8)\" The Pearls recommend pulling a nursing infant\u2019s hair (p.7), and describe tripping their non-swimming toddler so she falls into deep water (p.67). They recommend ignoring an infant\u2019s bumped head when he falls to the floor, and ignoring skinned knees (p.86). They also say \u201cif your child is roughed-up by peers, rejoice.\u201d (p.81) And on p.103 the Pearls say if children lose their shoes, \u201clet them go without until they (the children) can make the money to buy more.\u201d<\/p>\n

9) The Pearls claim their \u201ctraining\u201d methods are Godly, yet they have *no religious training or credentials* They never mention Jesus\u2019 injunctions to forgive \u201cseventy times seven\u201d and be merciful, and they decry the \u201cextraordinary ingnorance of modern psychology.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Pearls\u2019 methods have resulted in parents being investigated by Child Protective Services, children being taken away from parents, a restraining order against a father, and even a babysitter going to jail on felony charges!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Awful Library Books Train Up Your\u00a0Child June 6, 2010 \u00b7 53 Comments To Train Up a Child Pearl 1994 Submitter: I actually remember my mother having this book at some point (I don\u2019t think she ascribed to it). Two children have died as a result of the author\u2019s child care advice and one other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,54,66],"tags":[572,519,573,55,56,520,576,67,305,521,71,7,77],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abuse","category-child-abuse","category-lunacy","tag-abuse","tag-attentive","tag-child-abuse","tag-childhood-self-esteem","tag-childrens-needs","tag-intuitive","tag-lunacy","tag-marriage-parenting","tag-natural-parenting","tag-nonviolent","tag-parents","tag-punishment","tag-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.childhoodrevered.com\/sentient\/parenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.childhoodrevered.com\/sentient\/parenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.childhoodrevered.com\/sentient\/parenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.childhoodrevered.com\/sentient\/parenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.childhoodrevered.com\/sentient\/parenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.childhoodrevered.com\/sentient\/parenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1405,"href":"http:\/\/www.childhoodrevered.com\/sentient\/parenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions\/1405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.childhoodrevered.com\/sentient\/parenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.childhoodrevered.com\/sentient\/parenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.childhoodrevered.com\/sentient\/parenting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}