In his book Why Johnny Can\u2019t Tell Right from Wrong<\/i>, author William Kilpatrick identifies some child-rearing myths that parents buy into: <\/p>\n
(1) The myth of the \u2018good bad boy\u2019.<\/i> American literature and films often portray \u2018bad boys\u2019 as charming and attractive. Tom Sawyer and Buster Brown are examples from the past; various other lovable brats featured in film and on television are contemporary examples. This strand in the American tradition has such a powerful hold on the imagination that the word \u2018obedience\u2019 is very nearly a dirty word. <\/p>\n
(2) The myth of natural goodness.<\/i> This is the idea that virtue will take care of itself if children are just allowed to grow in their own way. <\/p>\n
(3) The myth of expert knowledge.<\/i> In recent decades, parents have deferred to professional authority in the matter of raising children. Unfortunately, the vast majority of child-rearing \u2018experts\u2019 subscribe to the myth of natural goodness. <\/p>\n
So much emphasis has been placed on the unique, creative and spontaneous nature of children, that parents have come to feel child-rearing means adjusting themselves to their children, rather than having children learn to adjust to the requirements of family life. Let\u2019s take a moment and observe what God said to the children of Israel about child-rearing: \u2018Their children, who do not know this law, must hear it and learn to fear [reverence and respect] the Lord your God as long as you live.\u2019<\/i> Note the phrase \u2018must hear it and learn\u2019.<\/i> That\u2019s not a suggestion for parents\u2014it\u2019s a commandment God has called you to obey if you want your family to be blessed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In his book Why Johnny Can\u2019t Tell Right from Wrong, author William Kilpatrick identifies some child-rearing myths that parents buy into: (1) The myth of the \u2018good bad boy\u2019. American literature and films often portray \u2018bad boys\u2019 as charming and attractive. Tom Sawyer and Buster Brown are examples from the past; various other lovable brats […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}