Hurts Me More Than You: Victoria’s Story

“I can’t count all the times people have told me how wonderful my family was. We were the community’s role models.”

“He Couldn’t Breathe”: Old Schoolhouse Owners Accused of Waterboarding, Child Abuse

A former employee of the Old Schoolhouse has come forward with information about alleged child abuse and torture in the Suarez family.

Hurts Me More Than You: Alexandria’s Story

“I was never told the words, ‘This hurts me more than you.’ But I did hear, ‘This grieves my soul, but more importantly, it grieves God.'”

Hurts Me More Than You: Kendra’s Story

“At least I’m not a spoiled brat, right?”

Why Mom Never Told Us: Cynthia Jeub’s Story, Part Four

“It’s easier to make your kids believe every new version of the narrative than to see the problem and change it.”

Hurts Me More Than You: Rachel’s Story

“Being spanked as a child is a large part of why I started self-harming as a teenager.”

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.”

The Reluctant Rebel: Gemma’s Story, Part Three

In Patrick Henry College’s weekly small-group wing chapels, students were given writings from Doug Wilson and Michael and Debi Pearl to study and discuss.

“I’d Leave My Wife Sitting There”: Michael Pearl’s “Pearls of Wisdom”

“Shorter Michael Pearl: If your wife embarrasses you in a restaurant, embarrass her back.”