Blair Is A Child Abuser

dissention · #1 04-26-2005, 09:56 PM

http://lisawhelchel.com/lkentry1.html

I have never known stress like raising these three babies! It is so incredibly emotionally draining. And I think my kids are pretty good kids. But they drive me to want to scream at the top of my lungs and cry at least five times a day. They just don't do what I want them to do. They argue and are unkind to each other and whine, "Hold me. Hold me." about 50 times a day. They throw fits, not to mention the hours of battling it sometimes takes to get them to clean their room. This makes them sound horrible and they really are well-behaved kids in general. It's just they aren't born that way and it takes a real war to get them to come under the submission of me and the high calling of Jesus Christ.

I feel like I'm spanking them all day long and yet most days it feels like that's not enough," confesses Whelchel. "I can't spank them any more. I can't encourage and praise them any more. I could always pray more but I'm beginning to feel like nothing really is going to reduce the stress level around here besides time.

She gets the Mom of the Year award. I'd hate to see what she did to Tootie when she got lippy. It's them darn "smart pills" she's hocking on the telly these days, I think.

strandinthewind · #2 04-26-2005, 09:59 PM

Spanking is not child abuse you boob

I get that beating is, but not all spanking is.

But - that post of her's is just plain weird

Interestingly, I have seen more far right Christian's beat the living crap out of their kids. I will never get it.

amber · #3 04-26-2005, 10:00 PM

I had the feeling you would post that!

I'm not really totally against spanking, either, although I don't think it's absolutely necessary.

GardenStateGirlie · #4 04-26-2005, 10:03 PM

I just read pagesixsixsix too and had to hightail it to her site for a laugh. Who'd have thought Blair would turn out like this??

dissention · #5 04-26-2005, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Spanking is not child abuse you boob

I get that beating is, but not all spanking is.

Depends on the state you live in, dear. Maybe not down South, but up here it most definitely is.

(But I was being dramatic for effect

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

But - that post of her's is just plain weird

Interestingly, I have seen more far right Christian's beat the living crap out of their kids. I will never get it.

I have her blog in my Favorites, it's fabulous.

A couple of weeks ago, she was a total mess because she thought her son was queer.

strandinthewind · #6 04-26-2005, 10:04 PM

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How is that child abuse and who is Blair? I thought you had some shocking new case against the PM. Anyway, how is that child abuse?

I did too when I first saw it - great minds think alike

dissention · #7 04-26-2005, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

I just read pagesixsixsix too and had to hightail it to her site for a laugh. Who'd have thought Blair would turn out like this??

Read more of her entries, they're fantastic!!!

strandinthewind · #8 04-26-2005, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Depends on the state you live in, dear. Maybe not down South, but up here it most definitely is.

(But I was being dramatic for effect

)

You cannot spank you kids in MA? I have seen many a spanking on the Nantucket ferry and deserved at that

Seriously, I think time oput only goes so far and corporeal punishment should rarely if ever be used. I mean I do not spank my Scotties and use my voice to punish them. So, I cannot imagine spanking a child.

GardenStateGirlie · #9 04-26-2005, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Read more of her entries, they're fantastic!!!

I used to read them all the time when they were travelling around the country. Scrapbooks, the bible and those darn kids! Perhaps you should have sent them to public school so you'd have a little more "me" time, eh?

gldstwmn · #10 04-26-2005, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

http://lisawhelchel.com/lkentry1.html

I have never known stress like raising these three babies! It is so incredibly emotionally draining. And I think my kids are pretty good kids. But they drive me to want to scream at the top of my lungs and cry at least five times a day. They just don't do what I want them to do. They argue and are unkind to each other and whine, "Hold me. Hold me." about 50 times a day. They throw fits, not to mention the hours of battling it sometimes takes to get them to clean their room. This makes them sound horrible and they really are well-behaved kids in general. It's just they aren't born that way and it takes a real war to get them to come under the submission of me and the high calling of Jesus Christ.

I feel like I'm spanking them all day long and yet most days it feels like that's not enough," confesses Whelchel. "I can't spank them any more. I can't encourage and praise them any more. I could always pray more but I'm beginning to feel like nothing really is going to reduce the stress level around here besides time.

What did she think it was going to be like?

dissention · #11 04-26-2005, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

You cannot spank you kids in MA? I have seen many a spanking on the Nantucket ferry and deserved at that

Of course you can spank 'em, but if you get reported, you better be prepared. Child abuse laws in this state are something else.

They're a tad ridiculous, imo. Kids are automatically appointed lawyers if a report of child abuse comes in, at the expense of the parent.

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Seriously, I think time oput only goes so far and corporeal punishment should rarely if ever be used. I mean I do not spank my Scotties and use my voice to punish them. So, I cannot imagine spanking a child.

I don't think I could ever spank a kid, but I don't have them, so I can't say.

amber · #12 04-26-2005, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

You cannot spank you kids in MA? I have seen many a spanking on the Nantucket ferry and deserved at that

Seriously, I think time oput only goes so far and corporeal punishment should rarely if ever be used. I mean I do not spank my Scotties and use my voice to punish them. So, I cannot imagine spanking a child.

I hate too permissive parenting much more than spanking. Although, I don't approve of hauling off and whacking your kid everytime you feel like it. But your kids should be a little afraid of you, or at least afraid of consequences. Not that spanking is the perfect way, of course. I mean, whatever the consequences are, they should be consistent, and painful to the child. (not necessarily physically painful).

dissention · #13 04-26-2005, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

What did she think it was going to be like?

Honey, this is Lisa Whelchel we're talking about. She probably thought the clones of Jesus Christ passed through her holy birth canal.

GardenStateGirlie · #14 04-26-2005, 10:24 PM

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Honey, this is Lisa Whelchel we're talking about. She probably thought the clones of Jesus Christ passed through her holy birth canal.

I just snorted

I think she thought that in homeschooling her kids for years that she was protecting them from the evils of the world -_- Thinking that keeping your children in your home 24/7 is going to make them better people is only going to cause you and your kids to snap. Her kids are going to grow up to be pot-smoking, alcohol-drinking, sex-crazed maniacs (either that or they'll need a lot of therapy). Forget Veggietales...they've got a copy of South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut hidden in that new Texas house and are itchin for mom to go to yet another scrapbooking class (where she will document the day before in pictures and witty captions) so they can finally see what their friends back in that unholy place called California were talking about.

SuzeQuze · #15 04-26-2005, 10:25 PM

"and it takes a real war to get them to come under the submission of me and the high calling of Jesus Christ."

This is insane. Jesus doesn't want a war for his "high calling". Well, I can't speak for him but he was definitely for peace. Oh I just don't get this type of thinking.

I know it's frustrating but you just cannot "control" kids and that is a good thing. Because if you can then that is what will happen to them their whole lives.

Hmm, perhaps I should have just chuckled at this? Maybe I've taken it too seriously.