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07-18-2007, 04:22 PM | #1 |
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psychological torture as 'creative correction'
My dh and I help clean a church for some extra $. When dusting the books in the library I find myself tempted by the books talked about here (that I've previously not had the desire to read). This week's 5 minute waste of my time was the bible study version of "Creative Correction" (by Lisa Whelchel, published by FOTF).
I only read a few of her 'creative' ideas, but I was immediately struck by how similar her suggestions are to psychological torture. I went through prisoner of war training when I was in the military. It was in the early 90s (pre-Gulf War I), and much of the tactics used were those of Vietman era P.O.W.s. Some of the instructors had been P.O.W.s. During our training, they did not/were not able to physically torture us (there where things they did that caused minor pain to indicate, had it been a 'real' situation, when they would be dislocating our shoulders or hanging us up by our toes or the like). They did, however do a large amount of 'psychological' torture - all of which are mentioned in one form or another in the book: deny food deny use of electricity hand cuff you to another person blindfold have stand in a corner with nose high on the wall - if nose drops below a certain line, add to the time, but don't explain why control use of toilet facilities (even if just to 'make a point who's in charge') mock you while they do these things to you It's all 'crazing-making' stuff. It's supposed to be crazy-making stuff. As a prisoner of war, they are trying to completely break your will so you will do exactly what they want, when they want you to do it. We were adults, and knew what we were getting into. Prior to the exercise, we went through classroom training to learn how to resist the crazy-making. How to maintain your self-will when someone has complete control over you. How to fight so you don't actually go crazy. We knew the exercise would last no longer than 96 hours, and it was a miserable 4 days. But after it I was much better equipped had I ever become a P.O.W. Admittedly, I was looking for the 'worst' examples in my 5 minutes (I had a job to do, afterall). But how can these things be justified as 'biblical'? Why would we want to treat our children like they are an 'enemy combatant'? Is striving for 'absolute control' of our children the least bit rational? |
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07-18-2007, 04:26 PM | #2 |
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Re: psychological torture as 'creative correction'
ITU - I felt similar after reading exerts in her book. They're not creative - they're just plain mean & adversarial. It's sad, b/c her book is widely promoted as it's endorsed by FOTF.
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07-18-2007, 04:30 PM | #3 |
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Re: psychological torture as 'creative correction'
thank you for that unique perspective. It confirms what I've always felt about the book
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07-18-2007, 08:14 PM | #4 |
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This makes me want to go talk to our assistant pastor (and pastor), who recommends this book in his "families under construction" class.
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07-18-2007, 08:23 PM | #5 |
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Re: psychological torture as 'creative correction'
Wow. Very, very sad.
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07-18-2007, 08:31 PM | #6 |
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Re: psychological torture as 'creative correction'
That is so very insightful! I read the book but never thought of any of that. Of course I've never had POW training, but still. It really is all about control, as is so much punitive parenting. What I find unsettling about that book is that in between these chapters about various control techniques are lovely lists of Bible verses to discuss with your children as they struggle with character issues. That's confusing for the parent reading it and trying to sort it all out. And one other thing sticks in my mind. She has her son make her bed every morning. In my sons that would breed resentment. What do you think about that, Atarah?
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07-18-2007, 08:34 PM | #7 |
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Re: psychological torture as 'creative correction'
Thank you for confirming that this book is every bit as barbaric as I thought it was the first time I read it. I had a visceral reaction to this book. I thought it was my PTSD acting up because of that horrible story about her daughter Haven asking to be spanked...that story made my blood run cold, talk about setting a child up to become the perfect victim of domestic violence...I'm glad it wasn't "just me"
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03-08-2011, 10:01 PM | #8 |
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Re: psychological torture as 'creative correction'
Thank you for sharing that perspective.
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03-18-2011, 07:15 PM | #9 |
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Re: psychological torture as 'creative correction'
I remember Dave Roever wrote about some of the training they did in Welcome Home, Davey.
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03-29-2011, 10:06 PM | #10 |
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Re: psychological torture as 'creative correction'
So... um... Atarah. Have you read the whole book yet? I'm dying to hear your full, revised thoughts.
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03-30-2011, 08:20 AM | #11 |
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Thanks for the
It's not an easy book for me to read for lots of reasons..... |
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07-18-2007, 08:49 PM | #13 |
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Re: psychological torture as 'creative correction'
She's training him to help around the house, do chores. I think I'd come across as lazy if I had my boys make my bed. I feel like I'm setting a good example when I do things I expect them to do for themselves.
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07-20-2007, 07:19 PM | #14 |
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I met her in person, and I got cold chills when she snickered about how her children's birthdays were "bittersweet", because they when they got spanked as punishment, they got a "spank" for every year of age.
I also still can't get over her putting Tabasco sauce on her son's toungue for lying. Or her daugher asking to be spanked when she was 2 or 3 or so. Or how she says that she homeschools when they haven't homeschooled since she started writing these crazy books all the time! arghh......I need to go to another post! |
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