Duggar miscarriage episode--recap/thoughts?

Re: Duggar miscarriage episode--recap/thoughts?

• Knitty

  March 2012

  I have more proof!

   

  Josh: In early 2006, my Dad was campaigning for State Senate.  We were a couple weeks from the Primary Election when my family took our annual trip to the ATI Home Educators Conference.  I was busy working with the A/V team, and had very little free time? but during one of the breaks I ended up talking through my lunch break with some new friends!?

  And they endorse "To Train up a CHild", that book where you beat them until they die.

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  Years ago, must have been 8 or so, I belonged to a forum called CMOMB (Christian Moms Of Many Blessings). This was before the TLC show, but Michelle was already a well known figure amongst the QFers. She came and did a guest chat and one of the things she talked about was blanket training. She used flexible rulers and talked about luring the baby off of the blanket and then swatting them with the ruler when they took the bait . The purpose was so that mom could visit with friends, have a phone conversation or go visiting and baby would stay put and quiet . After that chat flexible rulers were the thing, but at that time they weren't at every office supply and warehouse store, so there were lots of posts like "I found them at XYZ for $1.25, how many do you want me to pick up?!" When the TLC specials started airing and the interest in just how exactly they blanket trained babies was heating up I went to try to find a copy of the chat. I found it, but everything about spanking/hitting kids was deleted, as was any reference to Michelle in the flexible ruler threads. They circled the wagons around Michelle pretty fast.

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  March 2012

  lyssbobiss:

  I know that we have discussed a lot of Gothard's teachings.  My question is - have they admitted to being Gothardites or is this something that we are sort of extrapolating based on similarities in behavior to his teachings or internet rumors?

  Don't they attend the ATI conferences in Big Sandy and talk a lot about the character qualities and other things that are common in Gothardites?  Isn't Gothard involved in ATI?

  

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