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Behind the Bastards
It was discussed as a 1994 parenting advice book that endorsed the idea of using negative physical reinforcement on children to break their will, and was popular among homeschooling families and those who were quiver full.
When I read about Spriggs's teachings here, I think about a book called to train up a child, which is a 1994 parenting advice book self-published by Mike and Debbie Pearl. If you recall our episodes o...
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It was discussed as a 1994 parenting advice book that endorsed the idea of using negative physical reinforcement on children to break their will, and was popular among homeschooling families and those who were quiver full.
When I read about Spriggs's teachings here, I think about a book called to train up a child, which is a 1994 parenting advice book self-published by Mike and Debbie Pearl. If you recall our episodes on the Duggars and the organization behind them, the Institute of basic life principles, the IBLP endorses this book, right?
To train up a child is common among homeschooling families. It was for years, the standard book in the Christian far right about how to raise kids. I have multiple friends who were raised according to its teachings. If you knew any people who were like quiver full kids, this book was a presence in their house and childhood.
And one of the things like among other things, the book says that like you need to kind of as Spriggs taught, you have to be constantly using some form of negative physical reinforcement on your kids.
And it includes like sadistic shit, like spanking your kids like long enough to break their will. Right. It's not just like, I'm not saying this is okay, but it's not just saying like, okay, you know, I am, you did a bad thing. So I'm going to like, you know, spank you five times in the butt or something. It's like, how do you make sure they stop being willful? You know, right.
