Posted by:
tumbo
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Date: October 25, 2012 03:25AM
When I was a very young child about 25-30 years ago my mom bought a collection of books for us. They were sold in the manner of Tupperware, Mary Kay, etc. at parties at people’s houses. Each book had a cassette tape with a narration of the book and songs to go with it. I think each book was supposed to teach you a value like kindness, honesty, and stuff like that. But I just remembered a disturbing memory of the one about “obedience”. The story went something like this:
A little piggy lived in a small pen with high fences around it. He always asked his mommy what was out there but she wouldn’t tell him. He wanted to go see what was outside the pen. His pig parents and the farmer and other animals told him it was dangerous and he should never leave the pen or try to find out what was out there. But he was so curious that he snuck out one day. There was a bad dog out there. And the dog “bit off the pig’s curly little tail”.
I thought it was really scary at the time.
Then there was a song that went something like:
Better obey your daddy when he tells you what to do
Better obey your mommy when she tells you what to do
Better obey the doctor when he tells you what to do
Better obey your teacher when she tells you what to do… etc.
I can’t even begin to express how appalling this is, especially now that I am a parent. I would NEVER teach my kids this type of crap!!! OBIDIENCE IS NOT A VIRTUE!!!
Does anyone remember these books or know what I am talking about? I don’t know if they were Mormon specifically or just general crazy BS. Actually it’s possible some of the books might not have been that bad I only remember the scary parts…