Parenting
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Speaking Up
The author details their experience with neglect and abuse in their fundamental Baptist community. They highlight the dismissal of responsibility or compliancy in the abuse, and evangelicals’ reliance on faith or the afterlife for justice. They call for accountability and urge others to speak out against harm in their communities, emphasizing the need for safe…
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Nehemiah’s Story – Day of the Homeschooled Child
The CRHE or Coalition for Responsible Home Education has pushed for April 30th to be “Day of the Homeschooled Child.” They have asked for stories that wouldn’t be traditionally told by homeschool alumni. “Some homeschooled children grow up in families that exploit lax homeschool laws to isolate, neglect, and abuse them. Hidden away from any…
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Set Up for Failure / Authoritarian Parenting (Part 1)
Fundamentalist families set children up for failure by teaching blind obedience to authority figures, equating parental authority with divine authority. This stifles critical thinking.
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Moving On
Right now my life is in a bit of a transitional phase. I’m working on trying to leave my life in my hometown behind and move towards a larger city. Part of that process is a goodbye to my family. I know I’ll see them in the future. And while I know that this is…
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Growing Kids God’s Way: Part 14
Growing Kids God’s Way – Chapter 16, Chapter 17, and Epilogue
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 13
Chapter Fifteen: Discipline Issues (Part Two) While the previous chapter focused on a specific parenting “problem,” this chapter covers a variety of common childhood misbehaviors. All of which the author assures us are easily able to be controlled by proper parenting. He provides a list of these misbehaviors in the opening portion of the chapters:…
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 12 (Independence and Choice)
In this chapter Gary Ezzo explains how young children are often allowed too many choices. He then argues that a parent MUST make the choices for a child. And the child must learn to accept their parents decisions.
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 11 (Repentance)
Gary Ezzo instructs on how to restore a parents relationship with their child after a discipline session.
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 10 (Gary’s Views on Spanking)
This blog post is about Gary Ezzo’s book Growing Kids God’s Way. With a specific focus on the author’s views on spanking as a form of discipline.
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 9
Growing Kids God’s Way “Chapter 11 Discipline With Correction” Gary Ezzo lays out the levels of correction and punishments used to discipline children.
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