[katiekind]

They have written a new book called Instructing a Child's Heart that is, IMO vastly different to SACH. I own it so I can answer pointed questions with direct quotes and page numbers if anyone would like. I'm not yet finished with it, though.

I have heard Ted speak and was absolutely charmed by his deeply spiritual approach, his gentle tone, his arresting focus on shepherding children towards Jesus.

I have read an essay he wrote some years ago (but considerably more recently than SACH,) and thought, "this man totally gets grace!" It felt like there was some kind of cognitive dissonance or something between the concepts he talked about in that article, and the practices and attitudes he promoted in SACH. I hoped and prayed that he was on a journey in his understanding how God's grace might impact our parenting -- we all are on that journey.

Mommas, such growth is something to be welcomed and celebrated. It will be interesting to read Instructing a Child's Heart.

I am glad the Tripps have been helpful to you, Striving4Grace, in your healing from TTUAC. I completely agree that the Tripps are in a different (better) league than the Pearls.

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does it seem odd that a church would recommend book on sleep training?

abh5e8, it absolutely is odd. Babywise essentially is an infant management program. (But it's underlying message is that its approach lays the foundation of proper parental authority and improves the child's moral standing. The Ezzos speak to cherished hopes of young Christian parents, and that is what makes the book more dangerous than other scheduling books that don't equate sticking to the schedule as matters of godly authority and morality.)