[Niamh.]

I saw a news story on my Facebook feed about a third couple having been found guilty of murdering their child after following "parenting" instructions from this book. I was originally going to make a thread on that story(found here : http://www.examiner.com/article/anot...ain-up-a-child ) but decided making a thread on the book itself would be better. Has anyone heard of this book before? and how is a book that encourages beating your child with hose pipe, starving your kids and making them sleep outside not only as punishments but before they do anything wrong to "train" them even legal?

They encourage you to even hit 6 month old babies with sticks to train them. This book is actually being sold on amazon........unbelievable

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...ain_Up_a_Child


Here are some recommendations from the book :

Using plastic tubing to beat children, since it hurts a lot but leaves fewer marks to alert authorities
Wearing the plastic tubing around the parent's neck as a constant reminder to obey
"Swatting" babies as young as six months old with instruments such as "a 12-inch willowy branch," thinner plastic tubing or a wooden spoon
"Blanket training" babies by hitting them with an instrument if they try to crawl off a blanket on the floor
Beating older children with rulers, paddles, belts and larger tree branches
"Training" children with pain before they even disobey, in order to teach total obedience
Giving cold water baths, putting children outside in cold weather and withholding meals as discipline
Hosing off children who have potty training accidents
Inflicting punishment until a child is "without breath to complain."


Michael Pearl tells one mother on his website, "I could break his anger in two days. He would be too scared to get angry. On the third day he would draw into a quiet shell and obey."