Sophia R. (JubileeSong) reviewed on + 24 more book reviews
I think this was a very good book on training styles. The Pearls have an authoritarian style, but balance this parenting style with lots of laughs and good times.
There is a lot of focus on the negative in the book, and at the end Michael clarifies that the reason for this is that it is so important. As he said, in planting a flower garden it's easy to talk about all the positives of color and lines, but when learning how to do brain surgery there are a lot of things to be careful of. In the same way, child training is just too important to mess up.
A big focus in the books (particularly of the controversy about it) is on the use of the rod. Yes, the pearls do talk a lot about that. HOWEVER they do so with liberal handfulls of cautions--don't spank hard, only spank when needed, train the child properly so the spanking won't be necessary, never, never NEVER spank a child in anger. MULTIPLE places in the book Michael pauses the whole discussion to point out dangers of abuse and how to avoid them.
Overall, I think it is a very good book and worth reading, provided you haven't prejudged the contents.
There is a lot of focus on the negative in the book, and at the end Michael clarifies that the reason for this is that it is so important. As he said, in planting a flower garden it's easy to talk about all the positives of color and lines, but when learning how to do brain surgery there are a lot of things to be careful of. In the same way, child training is just too important to mess up.
A big focus in the books (particularly of the controversy about it) is on the use of the rod. Yes, the pearls do talk a lot about that. HOWEVER they do so with liberal handfulls of cautions--don't spank hard, only spank when needed, train the child properly so the spanking won't be necessary, never, never NEVER spank a child in anger. MULTIPLE places in the book Michael pauses the whole discussion to point out dangers of abuse and how to avoid them.
Overall, I think it is a very good book and worth reading, provided you haven't prejudged the contents.
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