AI Article Readings The Joy Is Not Optional - By Aella
May 15, 2025
Aella, a sex worker and insightful writer, shares her journey growing up in the strict confines of the Growing Kids God's Way program. She critiques the pitfalls of child-centered parenting and advocates for a balance between freedom and control. Aella highlights the lasting impacts of rigorous obedience on identity, discussing how her upbringing forced her to navigate pain and sexuality. With a unique perspective on discipline and joy, she explores the transformative power of experiences and the importance of making amends in the journey of life.
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Parent-Centered Parenting Model
- Growing Kids God's Way promotes parent-centered parenting, viewing children as guests adjusting to the home.
- Prioritizing the husband-wife relationship over children is seen as healthier for family stability.
Strict Infant Discipline
- Avoid soothing infants like rocking or cuddling to prevent bondage to the child's needs.
- Feed infants on a strict schedule ignoring crying to teach that crying accomplishes nothing.
Twelve Spankings Break Will
- Aella recalls a brutal punishment where she was spanked twelve times for hesitation in obedience as a child.
- This experience broke her will, teaching her perfect submission even in her parents' absence.