Another day, another Jill Duggar parenting controversy.
If you follow Jill on social media, you know that she’s constantly being critcized for the way she raises her two sons.
Sometimes, the concerns are justified, such as when Jill had her 2-year-old son walk for over an hour alongside a busy highway to get to a Chick-Fil-A location.
On other occasions, it seems as though fans are simply making Jill the target of the anger they feel toward the entire Duggar clan.
See the time that Jill put a tortilla on her son’s head to block him from the sun as an example.
We’ll leave it up to you to determine which category the latest controversy falls into.
Jill posted the photo below on her Instagram page over the weekend.
It may seem innocent enough, and well … it probably is.
But some of Jill’s followers are outraged by what they feel is an endorsement of a much-maligned disciplinary technique.
In the past, the Duggars have expressed their belief in “blanket training,” a practice in which children as young as 6 months old are seated on a blanket and told not to move.
The childcare “experts” who originated blanket training tell parents that they should strike their child with an object if he or she moves from the blanket.
It may be a stretch, but some fans think this photo is Jill’s way of sending the message to like-minded parents that despite the ongoing controversy, she still practices blanket training in her home.
“They were raised to start hitting your baby at 6 months if they go off the blanket they actually say spanking or throwing something at them!” commented one of Jill’s followers.
“Throw something at your 6 month of baby and they also raise their children to be respectful by beating them.”
Other fans believe (quite reasonably) that there’s no reason to believe this photo is an endorsement of any single parenting technique or style.
“That’s not punishment,” countered one such follower. “Some babies like being wrapped up.”
Obviously, this seems like a case of Jill’s photos being nit-picked to death, but it’s a reminder that she comes from a family in which behaviors that would be considered abusive by most parents are still practiced every day.
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