Nicole’s Reviews > To Train Up a Child: Child Training for the 21st Century-Revised and Expanded: New Material Added > Status Update

So even if a dad is horrible and potentially abusive a girl is supposed to only say good things about him?

So a child hits you, you're supposed to hit them back not even with the same strength but increased strength? Wow. Advocating literal child abuse.

Authors apparently believe that spanking and yelling at children are the only two methods that exist to discipline children.

Authors erroneously assert that if a study was done of "1000 Christian, homeschooled children who are spanked, they would grow weary searching for cases of abuse." Bull.

Authors assert that beating your child ensures they won't need medication for any behavioral issues.

Authors make the error of thinking that "progressive" parents never punish their children, only make them "feel good about who [they are]." Completely untrue.

"Chasten" doesn't inherently mean "spank." The authors have a fundamental misunderstanding of the word here.

"I wasn't spanking, I was switching!" You were still striking a *baby* for doing something instinctive. Disgusting.

The "battle for control" begins when your child is a newborn and doesn't even have a will yet, just instincts? Wow. Eww.

"Decides" not to come? How do you tell the difference between being supposedly willful or is honestly distracted? How much time is the parent meant to take to actually do this, or is the emphasis so much on instant obedience that you're expected to just smack 'em regardless and hope you got it right?