Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38100 in Books
• Published on: 1993-07-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 194 pages

Customer Reviews

This book changed my life and the way I parent!
I am a stay at home mother of a 20 month old boy. I am also a Pediatric nurse with 20 years experience and the oldest of three girls. I thought I had a pretty good handle on things but was soon becoming frustrated and at times even angry with my son over the behavior that I termed, "defiant". I had read Rosemond's "6 point plan" and loved it but needed something more age appropriate for where we are right now. This book not only helped me to understand my son, but I haven't lost my temper with him once since reading the book. It makes all the sense in the world to me and I highly recommend this book to anyone in this season of life. Good Luck!

Reactionary nonesense
This book is very heavy on the "old-fashioned common sense is all you need" theme and tends to simplify and glorify the parenting realities of the past. Sorry Mr. Rosmond, but things weren't all that peachy 70 years ago. And the world we live in today is a far different one from the pre-WWII era you idealize in your book. The author is totally dismissive of any and all modern ideas about parenting. His outright condemnation of daycare and casual acceptance of "popping"/hitting a child turned me off completely. If you're looking for some helpful advice on dealing with the challenge of teaching a two year old to (eventually) become a responsible, considerate and happy person, then keep looking. You won't find find it in this reactionary tripe.

No nonsens book about discipline
I read this book when my son was about 18 months old and I was at my wits end. I didn't know how to deal with his sudden bad behavior. This book was amazing! John Rosemond really helped me to understand why my son did the things that he did and to stop taking it personally. He takes a very no nonsense approach to disciplining children that I think is spot on and has worked beautifully with my son. He is a little bit antagonistic toward many modern discipline ideas such as the focus on promoting self esteem and reasoning with children but I believe he is justified in this as so many of the ideas today are fundamentally flawed. As you read this really think about what he's saying and you'll see that he's right. Now, that said, some of his ideas are a little drastic and not really feasible for everyone. Just ignore those ideas and soak up all the other great ideas in this book and the overall concept. He does promote spanking in certain situations but it's not an overwhelming idea in this book and he does present other methods for disciplining. If you are against spanking, you should be able to just gloss over those points. I think all parents should read this book long before their children turn two. I highly, highly recommend it!