A new book by Abigail Shrier is all the rage: Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up. As the title and subtitle suggest, Shrier opines that bad therapy, especially in the form of “gentle parenting,” is ruining the current generation of children in America.
I have been posting about the book on my X (Twitter) account and in my Facebook Gospel-Centered Biblical Counseling group. I’ve seen a number of online mentions of Shrier’s book, some predominantly positive, especially by fellow biblical counselors and evangelical Christians. I’ve seen several negative reviews (such as here, here, here, and here), but none by biblical counselors. I’ve seen some Christian reviews that share positives and negatives.
I hope to do a much longer, more comprehensive biblical counseling review of Bad Therapy. For now, I wanted to share a few preliminary thoughts.
Some Thoughts…and Biblical Counseling Concerns
First I am not a proponent of “gentle parenting.” However, for a number of reasons, I do have concerns about biblical counselors giving positive reviews of Bad Therapy without any mentions of biblical concerns. My more comprehensive review will note some strengths, but many weaknesses and concerns.
Here, briefly for now, are ten biblical counseling concerns I have about Shrier’s book, Bad Therapy. (With tongue in cheek, I thought about
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