Product Description

FINALLY, A PARENTING CURRICULUM THAT MAKES SENSE!

If you're tired of second-guessing your parenting skills as you hear conflicting advice from a variety of sources, you need Becoming the Parent God Wants You to Be. Written by bestselling author and parenting expert Dr. Kevin Leman, this curriculum takes a realistic approach to parenting, giving you the skills you need to raise your kids in the real world.

"Too many parents live in constant fear that they're going to do something to mess up their kids. One mistake and bam!, their child will join the skinheads or punkers," writes Leman. "What kids need today are not perfect parents, but good parents-someone like you."

Becoming the Parent God Wants You to Be will help you become a good parent. You'll learn things like *how birth order affects your family, *the difference healthy authority can make, *how "Reality Discipline" can work with your kids, *why children misbehave and what to do about it, *the power of parenting with love and limits, *and much more!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #147984 in Books
• Published on: 1998-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Review
The integrated 12-session workbook provides insightful discussion questions and accompanying activities for parents taking the course. Keep this one in mind... (Christian Retailing, August 20,1998)

Leman offers readers a parenting manual, workshop, and personal guide all rolled into one. This book is old-fashioned yet up to date. Recommend it to serious seekers of solid parenting material. -- CBA Marketplace, September 1998

About the Author
DR. KEVIN LEMAN'S books have been enjoyed by millions and have been printed in over twelve languages. They include such bestsellers as The New Birth Order Book, Sex Begins in the Kitchen, Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours, What a Difference a Daddy Makes, and When Your Best Isn't Good Enough. He is also author of Becoming A Couple of Promise (NavPress). A popular television and radio personality, Dr. Leman is a practicing psychologist and is the founder and president of Couples of Promise. He is a keynote speaker for the Women of Faith Marriage Builder conferences and also hosts the television program "RealFAMILIES." He lives with his family in Tucson, Arizona.

Customer Reviews

I Wish I had Known
This is a great book. I am a 48 year old grandmother of two little boys, who I babysit while my daughter works. I got this book to help me learn to deal with the older grandson. Reality discipline really works. I wish I had known about reality discipline when I was raising my own children. Reality discipline helps children see that there are consequences to their actions. It also removes the parent (or grandparent) from being the bad guy all the time. The book is entertaining, and would make a great study book for a Sunday school class.

A great find
I have read many books on parenting. This is one of the best. Although written for a group, it is also very good if you are reading it on your own. This is not one of those quick-read-feel-good fluff filled parenting books. It is thought provoking. I would recommend this to non-religious parents as well. The biblical reference are good but most of the meat is valid even if you don't have a bible handy. My other favorites are the Townsend-Cloud boundries and parenting books. They are also first rate.

Becoming the Parent God Wants You to Be
This title is an overview of Dr. Leman's other books. The ideas of reality discipline, healthy parental authority, using encouragement vs. praise with kids, and considering your child's birth order are insightful, but "Becoming the Parent...." leaves one yearning for more information. It felt incomplete, almost like an advertisement for his other books. His "Birth Order Book", and "Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours" were much better reading as they give a deeper picture of the concepts he's driving at. I say leave this small- group study guide to the small- groups and get Leman's more complete and better written books for your personal reading.