Pearl book, "Jumping Ship"--anyone heard of it?
I looked on Christianbook.com to see if they carried any Pearl books, and they carry this one: Jumping Ship: What to do so your children don't jump ship into the world. Apparently it's for HS'ing parents and address what to do to ensure your HS'ed child doesn't rebel, I guess, once he graduates from HS. Anyone know anything about it?
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Re: Pearl book, "Jumping Ship"--anyone heard of it?
http://www.amazon.com /Jumping-Ship-...7711442&sr=8-1
there's actually only 4 reviews on amazon. that surprises me. |
Re: Pearl book, "Jumping Ship"--anyone heard of it?
Hmmm...now I'm really curious about that book...:-/
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Re: Pearl book, "Jumping Ship"--anyone heard of it?
It may be an interesting book, but I won't buy it as I cannot support the Pearls in any manner.
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I looked at an essay by Pearl on this subject, and presumably the book is an expanded version of the basic idea. His thoughts are pretty good, but on the other hand, it just depends on what you want, and what your kids are like, whether your family is healthy....are you setting up a family cult or releasing your children to be all that God creating them to be, which might go beyond or be quite different from your own life and vision.
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Just a thought, beyond Pearl's general garbage. :shifty
I was reading one of their statement yesterday, and what kept getting my attention was their approach of ownership of their children. How their children reflect their parents. Which, to an extent, is true. *However*, I consider my children gifts from God, and He has given them gifts and abilities beyond what I could. My children may be "mine"...but they are also at the same time "not mine", in that they are their own persons. I cannot make them in my image, or force them to be who I expect them to be - that would be setting me up as an idol. It would also not allow them to fully become who they were created to be. Gosh, I hope that makes sense. |
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I read an excerpt someone posted as a comment to a blog (SortCrunchy's maybe?) anyway, the quote basically addressed how other Christian's kids 'rebelled', stopped going to church, 'rejected Christ' or whatever and how you as a parent can prevent that. :rolleyes
I think he pretty much goes into the same method from his other book after he presents a more detailed fear to respond too. :-/ |
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I put a sensitive tag on this because I quoted from the articles entitled "Jumping Ship".
A few years ago, I remember reading a three or four part article entitled "Jumping Ship" in their magazine. I was of a punitive mindset back then and it still struck me as odd that the article talked of the many letters they get from parents whose teens have "jumped ship". I remembered thinking, "Wait...if this parenting method works so fabulously, why do these children run away as soon as they are capable of doing so?" :-/ In spite of what it was intended to do, the article caused me to have some serious doubts about the parenting methods advocated by the Pearls. The article Jumping Ship attributes the significant number of runaways to: A lack of genuine faith... Quote:
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Shouldn't a child find unconditional acceptance at home? Shouldn't a child get a glimpse of God's love through the actions of the parents? Who, in their right mind, wouldn't exchange performance-based acceptance for unconditional acceptance? Quote:
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WOW, Ashley. I am shocked at those quotes. Temperance? Gentleness? Talk about being in total and complete denial....
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