Training Toddlers

Training Toddlers

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My white-haired son Samson is 18 months old. We have entered the world of toddler conflict. All day long I make him do things he doesn’t want to do. He doesn’t want to get in the car seat, come inside, or get his diaper changed. He can’t talk, so he can’t understand. He doesn’t understand why he can’t run in the street, eat five lollypops, or go around in a wet diaper. All he knows is that I am the bad guy. Crying, whining, fits, and a firm mama. Day in and day out. I’m a pretty good parent. I’m consistent, ... Read More
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After Its Kind, and Then Some

Michael Pearl

When I see orange, the same shade as the fruit, I experience an involuntary citrus constriction in the muscles of my jaw.

Read Article May 1996 0 comments
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Broken Insides

Debi Pearl

As we piled out of the car and started unloading, there was a certain air of quiet foreboding over the place…

Read Article May 1996 0 comments
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Uncommon Common Sense

Michael Pearl

Recently I asked two old-timers (men who remember seeing the first airplane or automobile that came to town, and they go to sleep before they finish telling the story)…

Read Article May 1996 0 comments
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The Selfishness of a Tender Heart

Michael Pearl

You remember the many “Johnnys” in our book. His reputation was further confirmed as he came to visit us this week.

Read Article May 1996 0 comments
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What Can We Do?

Michael Pearl

“We are starved for fellowship with believers who are of like mind. I am ashamed to say that we cannot relate to most of the families in our church.
We love our pastor and his family, he is a good man. But as a homeschooling family concerned about holiness, we just can’t be a part of all the carnality that is in our church. What can we do?”

Read Article February 1996 0 comments
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Pubermania

Michael Pearl

Mother number One: “I simply can’t understand what has happen to my son John. He has always been the one child I could trust to always do right. He has always been so thoughtful, polite and sensitive to the…

Read Article February 1996 1 comment
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Mountain Ma and Pa

Rebekah (Pearl) Anast

O, so much ter do So much ter be done! The work’s never through An the work ain’t much fun. No thanks fer yer labor No pay fer the job” Jest “What’s fer supper?” “How bout corn-on-da-cob?” Ya mop an … Read more

Read Article January 1996 0 comments
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One More Time

Susanna

Potty Training at Three Months

Read Article January 1996 4 comments
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Training Teens

Michael Pearl

Dear Michael, I have a fourteen-year-old son who is worldly minded. He gets his hair cut so that his bangs hang down over his eye on one side.

Read Article January 1996 1 comment
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Volley Ball No Bawler

Michael Pearl

This past fall on the volley ball court another episode in the ongoing saga of child training was played out on a nearby pallet where a mother daily deposited her crying nine-month-old daughter.

Read Article December 1995 0 comments