Words of Harm
What kind of author thinks pounding little kids with objects is a good idea? The usual "beat your children with a rod" stuff is in this little pamphlet, as if we needed more reminding of Old Testament brutality like whippings and stonings. It seems any unqualified person can put words on paper and sell them to a violence-sodden public, people looking for ways to take out their disappointment and rage on the most vulnerable, the "least of these": little children. I suggest you pass on this book, and read some good non-violent parenting books by Sears, Whitehurst, Granju, O'Mara, and La Leche League. It's worth remembering that Jesus never advocated hitting children. Christ shows us a new way to relate to each other, out of forgiveness and love. Reading the New Testament with open eyes and heart could help a lot of people get away from the idea that violence solves problems. Violence just begets violence. It was the way of Solomon and it didn't work back then either.