About this title: Family psychologist Rosemond sets forth Scripture-based principles that make for functional and virtually stress-free child-rearing for parents of children of all ages.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Howard Pub Co
Date Published: 2007-09-25
ISBN-13:9781416544845ISBN:1416544844
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Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Howard Books, New York
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781416544845ISBN:1416544844
Description: New in New jacket. New in pristine condition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Author is a family psychologist who has both directed mental health programs and been in full-time private practice working with families and children. Weekly syndicated column appears in 250 newspapers. read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781416544845ISBN:1416544844
Description: New. Family psychologist Rosemond sets forth Scripture-based principles that make for functional and virtually stress-free child-rearing for parents of children of all ages. read more
"I absolutely loved this book! John Rosemond's no-nonsense approach to parenting appeals to me and I enjoyed reading a parenting book that reflects Christian values. I agree with some other people who mentioned the first half being a bit strong, but the second half is well worth waiting to get to. I think his choice of wording is perhaps meant to break down the opposite extreme by stating his opinion quite strongly. However, his principles are good, sound parenting principles in my opinion."
"There are things that I liked about this book and things that I didn't like. For the most part, the principles were very helpful and I liked the way he frames parenting as leadership, not micro-managing, and how he reminds parents to focus on character and values, not achievements and activity, something that is very easy to forget in our current success oriented society. There are certain techniques and guidelines that were for me very useful.
I think the main issue I had with the book was the sort of right wing rhetoric that it was filled with. There are sections where he goes on and on about how great things were in the 50's and how our country's morals are deteriorating and how if we would just go back to our Biblical foundations the world would be a better place and so on and so forth. I suppose I expected some of that based on the book's somewhat presumptuous title, but it was still a bit tiresome to read. He does things like call the Bible a parenting manual or a marriage manual or a business ethics manual if that's what you want it to be. The Bible is many things, but it is certainly not a manual on anything, and to treat it as such is to read into it way more than is there.
Anyway, if you are able to put all of that aside, the ideas in the book are worth thinking about and I found myself agreeing with many of them."
"I liked the second half of this book better than the first; I don't think Rosemond would have convinced me that the biblical paradigm is the correct one if I was a skeptic. He needs more sources/tighter construction (for instance, he cites the Amish in one example of good parenting, but I've heard that the rates of abuse, sexual issues, drugs, etc. are about the same in Amish teens as mainstream--don't know if that's true, but it should have been addressed). However, I'm delighted he is now a Christian and really enjoyed the second half of the book. The discussion questions/study guide at the end of each chapter are outstanding: very convicting and thought-provoking. If you have not read any of Rosemond, this would be a fair introduction, although I think his 6-Point Plan for Raising Happy, Healthy Children would be better. If you are a Rosemond fan, this will not have a lot of new information, but it is worth reading (and thinking through those questions!). It's geared for parents of all ages of dependent children.
ON MY SECOND READ: I liked this book better the second time around--a great reminder to stay the course in biblical parenting as opposed to following the postmodern crowd."
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