Discipline That Lasts a Lifetime: The Best Gift You Can Give Your Kids

This is a great book that truely applies common sense to child upbringing and can be applied regardless of religious background. If you look at the all of the reviews from the one individual who gave a poor review, it looks like he did a topic search and left a bad review for any book he thought came from a Christian about child rearing. Although I have not read the other books that he gave 1-star to, based on this review I would be wary of believing any of the reviews he has written. Read the book you won't regret it. Another good book the author wrote is "You're a Better Parent than you Think"

Guarendi is LOL funny (really) and provides super insightful advice on how to raise our kids--from toddler to teen--in this crazy world. This is a must-have book for all parents who are looking for real common-sense advice. I guarantee this will become a generational favorite.

I purchased this book after seeing a presentation by Dr. Guarendi at a local church in the area. I was just so impressed by his professionalism and realism. He was not trying to press textbook situations on real-life families. (I am a psychologist, by the way.) He uses common sense. Dr. Guarendi is clearly an expert on child rearing both professionally and personally. I would recommend any of his books, but this one especially. Discipline is so important and overlooked by many parents, until it is too late. I did not like the question/answer format of this book which reminded me of Dear Abby. While the information is very good and useful, it's rather awkward trying to locate particular information due to this format. Dr. Guarendi's other books are also worthwhile and some of the information is covered in them as well so looking at them may be of interest if you have a specific issue.

Dr. Ray gives parents the "OK" to teach, nurture and discipline their children without the nagging fear of what psychological damage those actions may cause! He combines humor with good common sense that so many parenting books are lacking. As you read, you can feel the love he has for his own children, which makes you feel the love you have for you children even more. Great Book! I've recommended it to many friends!

Since I got my copy of Dr. Ray Guardeni's book, "Discipline That Lasts a Lifetime", I have mentioned it to many of my friends with children. They like what they see in my own pre-teen son. I have loaned it out to many of my friends. They are thrilled with the results they've had based on practicing the down-to-earth advice given by Dr. Gaurendi. It's practical, humorous (to help take the edge off of stressful situations), and respectful towards the all important job of parenting. God bless this man for NOT taking the road of modern psycho-babble and for actually using his own brain, spine and faith to give us REAL tools we need. This book helps me in many ways how to show my child that he is loved, and it gives me tools, based on actual situations Dr. Guardendi has delt with, which I need to deal with my own son and our own life challenges. I would recommend this to parents with children of ALL AGES!