This is a very good, but very difficult, read.
Today, NY Mag published an excerpt of my book, in which I talk about the past 50 years of the abusive evangelical "biblical parenting" movement, how "parental rights" entered the political lexicon, and why you shouldn't hit your kids: www.thecut.com/article/the-...
The Evangelical family’s twisted obsession with corporal punishment.
if any npr colleagues might find it an interesting topic for a broadcast i am Very Available.....
That's pretty much Talia's beat - excellent writing on brutal topics that are essential to understand. But the psychic damage from reading her books is real and I can't imagine how hard it is for her to dig into these subjects.
The dreaded wooden spoon. My mom used those tools as weapons on the daily.