Michelle Duggar once enthusiastically endorsed the ministry of Michael Pearl, who has been allegedly involved in scandals of his own of a different sort, but it doesn't appear that the Pearls endorse the Duggar family. At least, not anymore. Pearl's ministry, No Greater Joy, recently republished an article that appears to directly address the Duggar family and its series of alleged problems. In it, he hints at where Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar may have gone wrong, and offers startling advice for parents who want to prevent similar occurrences.
First, let's quickly address the skeletons in the Pearls' own closet.
Though Michelle Duggar has endorsed the parenting techniques in Michael and Debi Pearls' book, No Greater Joy, these practices have been tied to cases of abuse and even death. Christianity Today covered the connection in 2011, describing three cases in which parents used "disciplinary" methods leading to the death of their children; in all three cases, the parents cited the Pearls' book as the source of their methods.
As it happens, only a few months before this, the Duggar family and the Pearls had partnered on a book promotion.
Our friends the Duggar's are participating in an Amazon Blitz! Order 'A Love that Multiplies' and you will have... http://fb.me/AUEwdBSl— No Greater Joy (@NGJMinistries) June 29, 2011
— No Greater Joy (@NGJMinistries) June 29, 2011
The ministry had several entities to blame, and the first, unsurprisingly, is porn.
"Satan has released his weapon of mass destruction. It is not measured in megatons, but in megabits."
However, in the Duggar household, no one is allowed to access the computers without at least one accountability partner.