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Summary: This is child abuse, plain and simple.
Review: This book is nothing but a manual for abusing a child. If I could give this book zero stars I would. Please, if you are a new parent, DON'T follow this books advice. This man is a monster who recommends fitting 4 month old babies with willow switches. DON'T BUY THIS BOOK!
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Summary: Advocating chld abuse in God's name
Review: [quote]One particularly painful experience of nursing mothers is the biting baby. My wife did not waste time finding a cure. When the baby bit, she pulled hair (an alternative has to be sought for baldheaded babies). Understand, the baby is not being punished, just conditioned. A baby learns not to stick his finger in his eyes or bite his tongue through the negative associations accompanying it. It requires no understanding or reasoning. Somewhere in the brain that information is unconsciously stored. After two or three times of biting, with the accompanying head hurting, the child programs that information away for his own comfort. The biting habit is cured before it starts. This is not discipline. It is obedience training[/quote]How any human being could give advice to pull an infants hair or switch a four month old baby's legs with a peice of ruber tubing in order to gain respect is beyond me. Firm discipline, common sense and being consistent work far better with children then the use of switches and whips. This man condones breaking a child's spirit before they are even a year old. I was totally sick to my stomache after reading this peice of garbage.
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Summary: To Ruin A Child
Review: Although I am a Christian, I was appalled by this book, and the Pearls advice regarding the "training" of children. I think it is important that we discipline our children, but I do not think the discipline should be administered in a cruel and unusual manner. For example, the Pearls recommend switching a 4month old baby on the legs. One should never, ever spank a baby. I was also appalled at the Pearls advice to wives of sexual molesters. The Pearls state that it is better for the wives to stay in the marriage with these men and wait for them to get out of prison (that is, if they are sentenced). If you want to be a child abuser or if you want to raise a child who will abuse, this book is for you. If not, then I advise you to steer clear from this book.
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Summary: Sound principles of child rearing, straight from the Bible
Review: This book is based on sound biblical principles that work! I was saddened by the comments of other readers who concluded that spanking=child abuse. I would imagine that they probably carried this opinion before they ever picked up the book, so the question arises, why did they read it? True, there are parents who take out their anger on their children by beating them to injury, but this is not the advice given by the Pearls at all. The critics are indulging in a straw-man argument. It is child abuse to take lightly the rebellion in your children, letting them do things their own way until they destroy their lives. "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desparately corrupt; who can understand it?" - Jeremiah 17:9 That means that children are not inherently good, no matter how much we would like to flatter ourselves. The Pearls point out that it is ludicrous to reason with a three year old about right and wrong. You train them, and by doing so you love them. First, ask yourself if you believe that the Bible is the Word of God and that it has authority over you. If your answer is no, you probably won't agree with much in the book and will just get yourself all worked up.
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Summary: Most helpful book on child-training I've ever read
Review: Even though I'm not a mom, I've baby-sat all kinds of children and this book really reinforced what I already knew and helped me to keep it in my mind better. I think the children that I've watched have a strong sense of right and wrong because of my following this book. Because I stood for fairness and truth, they trusted me and they respect me to this day whenever I visit them. Anyone who doesn't like this book, hasn't understood it properly. The book never says to beat up the children but to get their attention. If they ignore you, you can't train them. If they don't respect you, you can't teach them.
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Summary: To Train up a Child
Review: My friend let me borrow it and I am so thankful. It is everything I have been taught to do, summed up in one book. I especially like the true life examples that lead me through situations. Although there are suggestions in the book that I am not interested in, like potty training an infant, so much has been valuable. My oldest child is 8 and I have made many mistakes. She has strong attitude problems, and this book has offered hope in restoring the damage done. My younger children, 3 and 4, have been trained in this manner since their birth and are much more compliant and happy and loving than my 8 year old, who was not trained in this manner. Big Difference. I recommend it to people who have an understanding of a loving God, who requires obedience. My husband, (who has only read one other book, except his Bible, in the ten years I have known him), actually has read through 2 chapters, and boy what a difference. After applying the principles from God's Word that are discussed in this book, he is more respected by our girls, and he is enjoying them more, too. A must for any Christian household.
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Summary: If you claim to be a Christian, you cannot deny....
Review: ...that the principles taught in this book are based strictly on God's Word. If you've been brainwashed by the secularism/humanism taught in public schools, then you probably wouldn't appreciate the godly wisdom within these pages.
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Summary: 3 Years Later...
Review: Starting from when child was 6 mos I followed this book. 3 years later, my child and I are suffering, even though I followed this book (and its sequel and the monthly newsletters in the mail). I tried getting help for us and the counsellor turned me in to the state (nice of them, huh?). The state might take our children away. PLEASE don't start down this path.
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Summary: Must Read for EVERY Parent
Review: This book was given to me as a shower gift when I had my first child who is now 4. Three children later, I'm giving it to new and experienced moms. I've used these principles and my children are very pleasant, happy, obedient and responsible because of the loving, consistent discipline taught in this book. They definitely stand out in a crowd of rowdy youngsters. Even my parents and in-laws don't reprimand me for spanking my own children because they see the benefit of that same loving, consistent discipline. I'm training them to have a right heart attitutde not just right behavior. It makes a world of difference.
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Summary: To Train up a Child
Review: I was appalled at seeing this rated with 5 stars. This book is an excuse for child abuse just waiting to happen, "...Select the size of the switch based on the size of the child". Of course the children will behave - they are beaten into submission (like a horse or donkey) and thus have no other choice. This book was offensive to me and to the other moms in my children's playgroup and I do NOT recommend it to anyone!
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