Storybound & Stardust series | The Myth of Good Christian Parenting | Spiritual Treadmills: How Christian Excellence Became a Heavy Yoke (coming 2027)
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May 31
Every time I post a version of this 🧵 I hear from ppl uncomfortable w/the BDSM connotations.
Yes. That is part of the point.
Long past time to renounce Christian parenting “spanking” liturgies.
Some children experience“spanking” as CSA & it also grooms for further abuse.
May 31
I invite the spanking defenders to sit w/this entire 🧵
*You are 3 yrs old.*
Daddy comes over to where you are playing. His voice is calm, but his face is mad.
“I told you to pick up your toys, didn’t I? You didn’t obey me, did you? You know what that means,” he says.
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Marissa Franks Burt retweeted
5 ways Christians have told me spanking directly harmed them:
1. Disbelief in God's forgiveness (sin must be absolved with pain)
2. S€xual arousal or dysfunction
3. Fearful to advocate for themselves
4. Vulnerable to abuse (bc love & pain coexist)
5. Religious scrupulosity
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Marissa Franks Burt retweeted
Jun 12
It’s their advice I am critiquing, not the connection itself. I would hope they would self-reflect re: why a notorious abuser was recommending an article that tells victims to empathize with their abusers. Instead they repubbed it.
If you read the article you will likely see the problems. Wrote a bit more about it here: open.substack.com/pub/mburtw…
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Jun 11
My very first Stitch - tackling some of Ginger Hubbard's common talking points. #christianparenting #biblicalparenting
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Jun 11
Is this claim accurate? Did it used to be that parents were treated like royalty? #christianparenting #biblicalparenting
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Jun 11
Welp The James Dobson Institute is out here today sending along the same article Epstein recommended back in 2019. Perhaps it’s time for some institutional self-reflection Why might a notorious abuser be drawn to a Dobson article on children cultivating empathy for abusive
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Jun 11
Remember how Epstein recommended a Dobson article to, presumably, one of his victims? @FocusFamily, which, like so many evangelical institutions, seems incapable of self-reflection or listening to impact statements & emailed that same article out again today.
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Jun 10
Book covers are especially interesting, because they reveal what is being marketed - both what is being sold & what is expected to sell - and indicate underlying beliefs of authors & readers. Find the rest of the series in the highlight labeled "Covers" - Loving the Little
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Jun 10
Book covers are especially interesting, because they reveal what is being marketed - both what is being sold & what is expected to sell - and indicate underlying beliefs of authors & readers. Find the rest of the series in the highlight labeled "Covers" #christianparenting
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Book covers are especially interesting, because they reveal what is being marketed - both what is being sold & what is expected to sell - and indicate underlying beliefs of authors & readers. Find the rest of the series in the highlight labeled "Covers" and find the deep dive I
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This all still applies to our book in finished form The Myth of Good Christian Parenting Whatever your background and experience, I’m glad you’re here!
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Book covers are especially interesting, because they reveal what is being marketed - both what is being sold & what is expected to sell - and indicate underlying beliefs of authors & readers. Find the rest of the series in the highlight labeled "Covers" #christianparenting
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Growing Kids God’s Way Deep Dive: Final Thoughts I’m curious to hear from you! If this was a part of your experience, when did you begin rethinking things? #ezzos #growingkidsgodsway #deconstruction
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Book covers are especially interesting, because they reveal what is being marketed - both what is being sold & what is expected to sell - and indicate underlying beliefs of authors & readers. Find the rest of the series in the highlight labeled "Covers" #christianparenting
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Growing Kids God’s Way Deep Dive: What kind of impact did these ideas have in families? #ezzos #growingkidsgodsway #babywise #biblicalparenting
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Growing Kids God’s Way Deep Dive: Which came first? The nouthetic? Gothard? The Ezzos? B/c things like “defrauding” and other talking points echo each other. #ezzos #growingkidsgodsway #babywise #biblicalparenting
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Book covers are especially interesting, because they reveal what is being marketed - both what is being sold & what is expected to sell - and indicate underlying beliefs of authors & readers. Find the rest of the series in the highlight labeled "Covers" #christianparenting
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Growing Kids God’s Way Deep Dive: children’s curricula - did any of you do these classes at your church? #ezzos #growingkidsgodsway #babywise #biblicalparenting
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Growing Kids God’s Way Deep Dive: Childwise — do you think he was talking about MacArthur? #ezzos #onbecoming #babywise
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