On September 19-20, Ted Tripp, a parenting speaker, will conduct a seminar at Mars Hill Ballard. The Mars Hill campuses in Lake City, West Seattle, Bellevue and Shoreline will have seminars with identical content.
Ted Tripp has gained notoriety for advocating painful physical punishment for babies as young as eight months of age. He advocates spanking babies on bare skin, and spankings are to be repeated until the child becomes "submissive".
Tripp advocates spanking babies for taking off a hat or squirming during a diaper change.
He advises parents: "Acquaint your children with authority and submission when they are infants. This training starts the day you bring them home from the hospital." (p. 134, Shepherding a Child's Heart)
Concerned Seattle citizens are working together to make Tripp's visit and his views public.
Visit the "Tripp to Mars" blog site for information and links:
http://tripptomars.blogspot.com/
Ted Tripp sounds like a disturbed man. Does he "get off" on slipping down the underpants of small children and then hitting them on the buttocks? I think he has some serious problems.
I would never leave a child alone with him. He looks spooky too.
Warning to Ted: If you ever go near my child, you will pay a very, very high price.
I intend to let lots of parents know about you. And to make sure you stay far away from their children.
You're sick, Ted. Please get some help.
although i will not be spanking my children as punishment, people shouldn't go off judging him. "Getting Off" on slipping down underpants?? and commenting on his physical appearance? Come on people, is this high school? people should really read the book and become more acquainted with his practices/teachings before they criticize. Again, I do not advocate spanking babies as I don't believe they have the mental and emotional and rational capacity for it. I have heard similar teachings as far as spanking an older child, and the heart and reasoning of it, and if done properly, responsible and in love, then it can work. That's the danger though, is that many people wouldn't do it properly and responsibly and in love.
I would never advocate spanking infants but I'm sick of people denigrating the legitimate spanking of older children for misbehavior. It should be up to the parents, not the state, not the "child welfare" people. Oh, and if it's on the bare, SO WHAT!
i've read his books and the nicola's classification of this man is totally wrong. he's a voice of wisdom in a world of foolishness. also nicola if you don't believe in discipline then you can sit next to that kid on the plane...you will after a couple hours. we have 3 kids who we discipline and yes even as young as 8 months with a simple swat...they love their mommy and daddy as we do them....that's why we are willing to do the harder things like discipline...hope you get there some day as well
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My dear sir or ma'am. Who said I don't believe in discipline? I don't believe in painful spankings for itty bitty kiddies.
There is no compelling evidence that the bible is being correctly interpreted when people use the verses in Proverbs to justify baby and toddler spanking. Anyone with a shred of common sense would know that you do not apply verses about RODS, STRIPES, and BLUE WOUNDS (bruises and contusions) to toddlers and babies. Perish the thought!
Yet, Christians seem determined, for their own mysterious reasons, to use these verses for very small children. The problem is not me. It is you. Read your bible, and stop picking out proof texts for what you feel like doing.
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I have seen children who are victims of abuse, neglect and parental incompetence and harshness show attachment and affection for their parents. It doesn't matter a fig if your children love mommy and daddy.
What matters is that your spankings and swats can do lasting harm to your children. We don't know which children are vulnerable, or why. We just know that some children will be emotionally or sexually harmed by spanking.
What saddens me is the shortsightedness of spanking parents. In order to quell a tantrum, get a child to put on their socks, make a child obey at naptime, parents are willing to potentially sexually harm their children for life.
I will include a quote below from a man whose parents spanked him as a child. Maybe one of your children will be writing a letter just like it in twenty years.
http://nospank.net/mc.htm
"However, one thing I feel that is missing and may be benifical to myself and others like me, is a section with resources or articles to help those with spanking fetishes. Your website offers plenty of material showing the causes behind spanking fetishes, but as a Christian, I wish I could find some resources that would help me deal with this distortion in my sexuality. Unfortunately, I have had difficulty finding such resources on my own, but I have noticed that many people have written letters on your website describing their own sexual fetishes, and I was wondering if any of those individuals had any suggestions about how they dealt with the issue? As a Christian, I hope that I could have wonderful sex with my future wife, and that the passion and sexual arousal would come about just from me finding beauty in my wife, and loving her. But I worry that if I ever do marry I will probably have to fantasize about being spanked in order to reach an orgasam. "
I probably won't change your mind, which is fine. My intention is that Mars Hill will not give Ted Tripp spanking advice to children without a blot upon their good reputation as a church community. My goal is that the Christian spanking-boosters become a marginalized group, ill-regarded and objects of shame in any civilized community in which they live. We'll let YOU become famous for children with spanking fetishes.
nicolalimmea@yahoo.com
tripptomars.blogspot.com
I can't believe some of you people... Spanking?
In this day and age, really?
I'm glad most of you seems to comprehend that the man described above has a very, very warped mindset when it comes to raising children.
There are plenty of ways to keeping your kids wellbehaved without resorting to violence, and since you're not willing to try those, I can only assume you enjoy beating them.
And babies??! That's just barbaric!
In my country spanking's been banned for decades and let me assure you, the children here are about as unruly/wellbehaved as anywhere else. Proof enough for you? I sersiously hope for your children's sake AND your own that your gouvernment banns it. It will make you a world of difference, believe it or not.