Michael and married in 1971. Together they wrote To Train Up a Child, which was published in 1994. As of February 2012, the Pearls have five children and eighteen grandchildren. Their daughter Shoshanna Easling has said she had a wonderful childhood and that her parents never spoke to her in anger. Another daughter, Rebekah Pearl Anast, has said, "I think that the fact that all five of us are very happy, balanced people with great marriages and happy kids is evidence that my parents did the right thing."
