Could the reality TV family be using the Pearl method to train their children? In Touch Weekly is reporting that Michael and Debi Pearl — authors of To Train Up A Child — advise using corporal punishment to make children obedient, but there is more to their method than just spanking. In their book, the Pearls advocate training methods that include using wooden spoons and plastic tubing to hit babies and toddlers, while using belts and paddles with older kids. They also write about exposing children to cold weather and withholding meals as part of the disciplinary process. Police have linked the deaths of at least three children to the Pearl method, and a Change. Blanket training is the method of putting a child in a blanket and swatting them if they attempt to move off of the blanket.
Do The Duggars Spank Their Kids? Here's What's Known About The Family's Discipline Style
Do The Duggars Spank Their Kids? Here's What's Known About The Family's Discipline Style
Uh-oh, are the Duggars abusing their " 19 Kids and Counting? A photo showed toddlers of Jessa Seewald and Josh Duggar being "harshly punished. Are they using dangerous punitive measures "To Train Up a Child? The offending image was posted on the Duggar Facebook page probably by Michelle Duggar who it's assumed handles social media. Michelle or maybe Jim Bob Duggar tagged it "Train them young", referencing the Bible injunction to "train a child in the way he should go and he will not depart from it.
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June 26, By Fabiosa. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar know that for sure.
Michael and Debi Pearl of No Greater Joy Ministries are the authors of several parenting books that have been linked to child deaths , and they will preach at a family camp in Arkansas, reported Radar Online. The Pearls have self-published several books, including Created to Be His Help-Meet, that promote a patriarchal, conservative brand of evangelical Christianity that encourages parents to beat children as young as six months old with plastic tubes to ensure obedience. Their teachings have been linked to the abuse deaths of at least three children whose adoptive parents were convicted of murder. The Pearls were not charged, and they insisted their teachings warn parents against punishing children in anger or causing injuries. Like you, we here at Raw Story believe in the power of progressive journalism.