There is a brutal movement in America that legitimizes child abuse in the name of God. 

Train Up a Child, a book by Christian preacher Michael Pearl that advocates using a switch on children as young as six months old. 

the books of Michael Pearl and his wife Debi have been found in the homes where several children were killed. 

Mr. Pearl, who has no degree or training in child development, writes in his book that he and his wife used “the same principles the Amish use to train their stubborn mules” — namely, “switches.”