This is the first part in a series about the book What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women.

( Mom: The Domestic Engineer )

I think we've milked Dare to Discipline; the remainder of the book is just a variation on that same tired theme. Next, I'm going to start going through What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women. This is a rather short book, however, and I'd love to try something new afterwords. So, poll time!

Poll

Thanks, y'all.

Part One
Part Two

I'm sorry for being so behind. It's been far too long since my last post. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with this community in future.

Today I'm looking at chapter three of Dare to Discipline.

( In which we learn it's totally appropriate to hit a toddler's leg with a switch. )

I thought this may apply to some people here, and may help someone. If this isn't allowed, please delete it and I apoligize. :-)


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I've been gone for the last few weeks, mostly due to illness. If you're really curious, you can read about it on my lj here.

Sorry for falling behind on the Dare to Discipline series! I'll try to get back on track as soon as possible.

And so I won't make this a completely useless post, I'd like to share with you this article from ( Read more... )

Part One

Chapters two and three of Dare to Discipline contain what Dobson refers to as the "five underpinnings to commonsense child rearing." Chapter two entirely focuses on number one: Developing respect for parents is the critical factor in child management. Rather than discuss his views extensively, I'm going to quote several of the passages ( Read more... )

Over at queer_rage, tribe2003 discusses an article on the Focus on the Family website. Check it out!

Go here for a little unintentional humor. From the article:

Even Justice Scalia would have a hard time getting confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court - in today's atmosphere.Justice Scalia would have a hard time getting confirmed? You think? The man who is on record as saying: "Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death ( Read more... )

Dare to Discipline is one of the more popular parental advice books, especially among conservative Christian families. It’s a book my parents referred to during my youth, without much success, I might add. The book put Dr. Dobson on the map and established him as a premier source for family information. Therefore, I thought it might be ( Read more... )

You see, the problem with spouting off b.s. all the time is that you lose perspective on what's okay to say in a public forum and what's not. And now Dobson's inability to filter his speech has come back to bite him in the ass.

New York Times article on the subject.

Quote from the article: On his radio program last Wednesday, Mr. Dobson said ( Read more... )