Keep sweet children of polygamy

Peck said that it was time to find out once and for all if canadas laws against polygamy would stand. If a man marries 10 women, 9 boys will pay for that by being pushed out of the community. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Brainwashing techniques are used from the moment they are born. Children born into polygamous families have no choice. They were sill part of his kingdom, and i would be one of his queens. Children of polygamy that journals her experiences growing up. He stated that, if the law is upheld, members of the bountiful community will have fair notice that their practice of polygamy must cease. Prophets prey warren jeffs flds documentary with jon.

In 2004, daves press published a book about a young girl growing up in the fundamentalist latterday saint community of bountiful, called keep sweet. Children of polygamy stop polygamy in canada society. She was the feature of a documentary film called leaving bountiful and she acted as a consultant in the production of in gods country. Debbie currently lives in prince albert, saskatchewan with some of her eight children. How to tell children about polygamy lets talk polygamy.

One guy with like 80 wives made his wives give him bjs so he could rank them from best to worst. Fundamentalist documents mormon polygamy documents. Dave, palmer, debbie, brierley, betsy, lankhaar, willem. Cult newshollywood version of polygamy not so entertaining. Her mom died when she was 6 and debbie had a tough time fitting in willingly to commune life. Although the book is set in the early 50s and 60s, debbies experiences are representative of those that many children of polygamous groups are currently experiencing. Pictures of flds cult and the selfproclaim prophet of. Palmer remained in the community until 1988 when, pregnant with her seventh child, she managed to escape.

The family charts listed on page xv of the prologue must be. Mormon fundamentalism also called fundamentalist mormonism is a belief in the validity of selected fundamental aspects of mormonism as taught and practiced in the nineteenth century, particularly during the administrations of joseph smith and brigham young, the first two presidents of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints lds church. Children of polygamy pdf kindle keep sweet is non fiction, but names have been changed to protect the safety and p. A comparison of family functioning, life and marital satisfaction, and mental health of women in polygamous and monogamous marriages alean. Children of polygamy, which went on to win the vancity prize for the best book published in british columbia on womens issues. Children of polygamy, journals deb palmers experiences grow. They also have communities in eldorado, texas, bountiful in british columbia, and pringle, south dakota, among others. Debbie was married to three different men the first time at the age of fifteen during her thirtythree years with the group of mormon fundamentalists in the community of bountiful near creston, bc. Children of polygamy, coauthored by debbie palmer and bestselling author, dave perrin, journals deb palmers experiences growing up as a child in a community where plural marriages and religious dogma were the norm. Last night i was watching primetime lives report on a woman from colorado city who had escaped a polygamous marriage with her five children and returned to confront her abusive father and husband. Debbie was married to three different men the first time at the age of fifteen during her thirtythree years with the group of mormon fundamentalists in the community of bountiful.

Vancouver, august 31, 2005 an intimate memoir of girlhood and womanhood within the patriarchal system of a mormon fundamentalist community has taken the 2005 vancity book prize. For a detailed account of life within a polygamous family in bountiful, read keep sweet. If youre assigned to another man, you have to keep sweet, she said. She finds particular solace in rescuing women and children, some of whom are child brides like she was. One such cult, fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latterday saints, preyed upon women and children and forced them into polygamist marriages.

Based on palmers early memories, letters, and diaries, the memoir takes the reader inside the daily lives of children, sisterwives, husbands and leaders and provides an indepth insight into the teachings of the fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latterday. Firsthand account of a womans escape from polygamy. Dave perrin and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available. Children of polygamy by david perrin and debra palmer 2004, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. The main research focuses for the musical are the stories of the polygamy life. Debbie palmer had been raised in a polygamous family and taught to keep sweet, to submit to her father, her husband and the sects leaders with a smile. Debbie says the watchword in bountiful was to keep sweet, absolutely sweet and obedient to the prophet and to your father. My father repeatedly reminded all his daughters to keep sweet, but that sugary. They are told to keep sweet and sacrifice their emotions to the principle without questioning it. The only choice they are given is to accept it or go to hell.

Children of polygamy by debbie palmer librarything. Dave perrin, coauthored keep sweet with debbie palmer so that readers could understand what it would be like to be a young girl growing up in the polygamous mormon community of bountiful. David perrin, coauthor of palmers story, has also been connected to individuals represented in this book, keep sweet. Polygamist warren jeffs daughter reveals what it took to. Dave lives in the creston valley and continues to write. Unlike the mainstream polygamists you may have seen on the tlc show sister wives or in the hbo show big love, flds polygamists mostly live in isolation in hildale, utah and colorado city, arizona. Based on palmers early memories, letters, and diaries, the memoir takes the reader inside the daily lives of children, sisterwives, husbands and leaders and provides an indepth insight into the teachings. Many parents wonder how to tell children about polygamy when the childs father has another wife. Children are taught to keep a sweet smile on their face and never complain.

Children of polygamy was briefly a canadian bestseller in 2006, even though it was not readily available in creston. Keep sweet meant girls should accept the polygamist lifestyle and the mens wishes without complaint. Here is how rulon jeffs described the meaning of keep sweet in a talk on dec. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Keep sweet is nonfiction, but names have been changed to protect the safety and privacy of people mentioned. Leaving bountiful, mormon polygamy film, receives standing. Smashwords keep sweet children of polygamy a book by. I want you all to understand the continual use of the two words keep sweet means keep the holy spirit of the lord, until you are full of it.

Prophets prey, the documentary examination of warren jeffs and his fundamentalist sect of the church of mormon is shared by director amy berg and author jon krakauer, direct from the films. Children of polygamy, coauthored by debbie palmer and bestselling author, dave perrin, journals deb palmers experiences growing up as a child in a. She has completed some college and university studies. The supreme court of british columbia upheld canadas polygamy laws in a 2011 reference case. Medical literature on the effects of polygamy on the. Children of polygamy, coauthored by debbie palmer and best selling author, dave perrin, journals deb palmers experiences growing up as a. Its an excellent way that makes it good for parents and children. Girls must keep sweet, or be pleasing to the dominant male in their lives, or they are punished.

The book is former resident debbie palmer s gruelling account of the abuse and neglect she witnessed growing up in the fundamentalist community. I prayed intensely for a broken heart and a contrite spirit andfor the ability to keep sweet like my mother. Keep sweet is inspired by the true stories from the polygamous sects in british columbia, utah, new mexico, texas and arizona. Flower, who is a commentator here at polygamy 411, shared with us of a way to do it.

Keep sweet follows debbies trials until the death of her husband in 1974. Children of polygamy, journals deb palmers experiences growing up as a child in a community where plural marriages and religious dogma were the norm. A local hardware store that stocks a small selection of books along with the usual fare of nails, paint and lumber, had keep sweet. Palmers selfpublished and thinly disguised autobiography titled keep sweet.