[greengirl19]

Originally Posted by Hermana Linda

The thing is that AP is really not related to parenting choices. The Pearls recommend EC and natural living. They even sell herbs. Their followers tend to breastfeed and look very crunchy. In fact, if you see a crunchy family and the mom seems impossibly gentle and her children obey her softly spoken commands immediately and sweetly, you are almost certainly seeing Pearl followers.

This EXACTLY describes a family in our neighborhood. It was really tough when I found out they were Pearl followers (during a conversation about how awesome having your own grain mill is). And I'm also dealing with 'throwing the baby out the with bathwater' thing while church-hunting. We were visiting a church for a while, heard great stuff for 5 months, and then BAM, something about God's punishing us is supposed to hurt and everything is tainted. When it comes to parenting, I really try hard not to judge any parent who is trying to do the best they can for their children, even if they picked the wrong best advice to follow . If they aren't pushing their philosophy on me or others we can probably get along in other areas.