Reading Time: 7 minutes For much of history, “only children” were rare. Whether due to religious traditions, lack of birth control, cultural norms, or the simple need for manual labor, women commonly gave birth to numerous children. Having multiples also offset the common childhood deaths resulting from harsh conditions of life. In 1800, American women typically had seven to […]
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I would like to wish Republicans a very nice ‘shut-up about children forever’
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Senate Republicans interviewing Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson can’t suddenly pretend to care about children, can they? Oh, no…no no no…
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Child Evangelism Fellowship ‘caring for Ukrainian children’ with threats of hell
Reading Time: 3 minutes Child Evangelism Fellowship is now targeting Ukrainian children under the guise of refugee relief.
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The creepiest headline I’ve seen from Child Evangelism Fellowship
Reading Time: 4 minutes CEF has posted some really cringy and tone-deaf articles on their website in the past. However, this one… this one is creepy as hell.
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Study: Childhood Trauma Affects People for Years
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hi and welcome back! Today’s story might not be all that surprising, but it definitely bears mention. A long-term study (link) has revealed that childhood traumas and bad experiences can linger with us for our entire lives. Since we talk a lot around here about being raised in authoritarian religious households, I thought this study […]
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How Toxic Christians Are Destroying Christianity From the Inside
Reading Time: 7 minutes Hi and welcome back! Recently, I ran into a few different articles on Christian sites that all discussed a common problem. Namely, Christians themselves drastically influence their groups’ recruitment and retention rates. It made me laugh, though, because I know that the Christians who need to clean up their act the most have the least […]
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Christian Parenting Advice: Deliberately Overflow Your Child’s Faith Pool
Reading Time: 7 minutes Hi and welcome back! As you likely know, Christians these days are quite distressed over how quickly teens and young adults are leaving the faith. One guy’s written what he claims will absolutely help parents keep their kids Christian for life. It amounts to instructions for the deliberate construction of a faith pool in a child’s mind. […]
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The New Low Birthrate Moral Panic Evangelicals Are Stirring Up
Reading Time: 10 minutes In the wake of the pandemic, many countries are experiencing a drop in their birthrate. That won’t be surprising or big news to most of us. Nor would most of us be surprised to learn that American evangelicals themselves aren’t immune to the social forces that influence everyone else’s family planning decisions. But evangelical leaders are certainly upset about all of this. They’re trying to blame the decreasing birthrate on sin and evil ickie straw feminism, instead of taking responsibility for what’s probably actually happening. Today, let me show you the story itself — and then show you how evangelicals are freaking out about it for all the wrong reasons.
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The childfree life: Parenthood is becoming less popular
Reading Time: 8 minutes Even as a child, I knew that parenthood wouldn’t ever be for me. At the time (the 1970s), this decision marked me as a completely transgressive weirdo. I got some serious flack for it from people who thought they were qualified to tell me what I wanted out of life. I even faced reproductive sabotage from my then-husband! But according to a recent Pew Research study, it seems like more and more young adults are choosing the childfree life these days.
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To Train Up a Child: Jordan Duncan, Literal Nazi Edition
Reading Time: 7 minutes In the middle of all the horrifying details that have emerged about the case, the father one of those literal Nazis turned out to have a very curious connection to his son’s new interests. Today, I want to show you this connection — and what it means for Christians’ claims about their religion.