Michael Pearl, "To Train Up A Child", and Corporal Punishment

[moriah]

46. Here's another -- an Ebook of the actual book.

http://web.archive.org/web/20101104141241/http://www.achristianhome.com/to_train_up_a_child.htm

A quote at the very beginning of the book -- I'm barely into the third chapter -- that scared the living hell out of me:

One of our girls who developed mobility early had a fascination with crawling up the stairs. At four months she was too unknowing to be punished for disobedience. But for her own good, we attempted to train her not to climb the stairs by coordinating the voice command of "No" with little spats on the bare legs. The switch was a twelve-inch long, one-eighth-inch diameter sprig from a willow tree.

Such was her fascination with climbing that four or five sessions had not made her stop. The thought of further spankings was disconcerting, so I conceived an alternative. After one more spanking, I laid the switch on the bottom step. We later observed her crawl to the stairs and start the ascent, only to halt at the first step and stare at the switch. She backed off and never again attempted to climb the stairs, even after the switch was removed.

Switching a four month old???????

My fucking GOD.