[.uk] Parenting by the Book: Biblical Wisdom for Raising Your ...

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I don't like giving a low review to the seller when the item wasn't available, but I wasn't given a reason for that. Was it the publisher or seller's issue?

Wonderful parenting book!!!:
I find it very interesting that 27 out of the 28 negative reviews were made the first week of June 2008. A little fishy. This book is an excellent guide to parenting. Firm, but not too strict. I love the example of "Hey, in a ball game when you foul, you don't get a second chance, do you?" To many sports obsessed kids, this example works perfect. Why should they follow the rules of a game better than house rules??? Which are more important in the long run? Too many parents confuse love with overindulgence today. There's nothing wrong with teaching your children a little self control.

I would give this book zero stars if it were possible:
I received this book as a gift and based on the book's description, I was eager to begin reading it. I soon realized, however, that 90% of this sad excuse for literature is complete garbage. John Rosemond's approach is neither biblically nor psychologically sound. I can't believe some people actually take parenting advice from this man. I took this book to Hastings to sell it back and I got something like fifty cents. More than fair in my opinion.

Great biblical perspective on parenting:
I'm not surprised that the opinions on this book are either one extreme or the other. That's what happens when you take a biblical approach to things. This is a great book. I have no idea what people who gave it 1 star were reading. He doesn't advocate spanking and he doesn't show disrespect to children. He simply points out that our society has gone overboard in centering every aspect of the family on the children. Given the mess that families are in, that clearly isn't working. Children are a wonderful part of the family, but the marriage has to come first. If more parents would realize this there would be less broken and divorced families. Thanks for the reminder, John.

A good wake up and shake up for parents:
John has done a fabulous job in giving parents sound advice for raising kids. This book is tough in places, but only because it needs to be. The soft, touchy, tiptoe, feely approach espoused by modern psychology for parenting just isn't working. The quickest way to make a child feel insecure is to let that child think that he or she has control over their parents (a scenario all too common today). John makes it clear where the control should be, and this is all done in a loving manner. I was surprised (though not really when I think about it) when I read the unfavourable views for this book. Such people have been conned by the psychobabble which John talks about in his book. I am looking forward to John's new book on parenting due to be released next year.