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HA notes: All names have been changed to ensure anonymity. “Sarah” is a pseudonym.
CW: Physical Abuse and Infant Abuse
How Horse Whisperers and Dog Lovers Freed me from Michael Pearl
I have a distinct memory of when I first opened up Michael Pearl’s “To Train Up a Child.” I was about 10 years old when I discovered the book in our library. My parents had recently introduced the switch (a roughly 2-3 foot long supple tree branch) as a “disciplinary tool”. I’m not sure if I started at the beginning or opened it at random, but I remember feeling deeply disturbed and attempting to hide the book after I put it down.
While my parents didn’t follow Pearl’s advice to the letter, I was raised in a household with a strong emphasis on obedience.
There was love, yes, and bonding…
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