What J. Richard Fugate Says About… Tolerating Child Abuse

J. Richard Fugate’s rejection of children’s rights leads to troubling recommendations.

The Child as Viper: How Voddie Baucham’s Theology of Children Promotes Abuse

Voddie Baucham’s theology of children needs to be called out for what it is: unbiblical, contemptuous, and abusive.

Transcript of Voddie Baucham’s “Doctrine of Total Depravity”

The full transcript of Voddie Baucham’s sermon on “The Doctrine of Total Depravity,” where he claims that, “God makes human babies small is so they won’t kill their parents in their sleep. They’re evil.”

Transcript of Voddie Baucham’s “Child Training” Sermon at Hardin Baptist Church

The full transcript of Voddie Baucham’s “Child Training” sermon at Hardin Baptist Church, in which he claims a child is “a viper in a diaper.”

Hurts Me More Than You: Lana and Kate’s Stories

“You learn very young and very quickly that the people who are supposed to be safest and love you will always hurt you.”

Of Children and Horses and Spirit-Breaking

“The negative method does break the horse, but that’s all it does….break them.”

Michael Farris Recommends Child Training Manual That Promotes Beating Dogs and Spanking Infants

“At the end of Michael Farris, Sr.’s recent white paper, he recommended James Dobson’s The New Strong-Willed Child.”

Parenting With Fear: Why I Don’t Agree With It

“My dad created the illusion of a well disciplined, well put together family, but under it all was this idea that the kids were only there to be seen not heard, and there was no room for children to just be children. I grew up understanding that children were evil and only capable of disobeying and had to be trained fiercely.”

The Myth of Teenage Rebellion?

“I was constantly reminded that the increasing teen rebellion in America and elsewhere was the direct result of parents abandoning these ‘Biblical’ child training principles. Imagine my surprise to discover that there are entire cultures of people who use exactly the opposite of ‘Biblical’ parenting, yet produce teenagers who are cooperative and contributing members of society.”