Parenting by the Book: Biblical Wisdom for Raising Your Child

Best parenting book I’ve ever read. This is the way parenting should be done! I’m rereading it for the 2nd time and I recommend it to everyone. Grab a highlighter and take it slow to implement this way! It’s how God intended child-rearing to be! If you don’t believe me, ask Grandma!

I find it interesting that every single one of the 1 star reviews, save one, occur in early June. Perhaps there was an event, such as a debate (hint, hint) with which these individuals disagreed and they felt compelled to come here and defame John Rosemond, all simultaneously. These people have clearly not read the book or listened to what Rosemond has to say about spanking, or pretty much any other parenting related topic. It's unfortunate and quite disingenuous that the petty response is to come and give a "review" of a book that you have not even read. I have in fact read John's book, and agree with his non-violent ideology, and can't recall anywhere where he states that spanking is the only solution for child rearing problems.

I don't get where the people who are trying to get all forms of corporal punishment outlawed are coming from. Each child is different, and a good parent can parent to the child rather than according to someone's government-mandated formula. This book talks about parenting to the child rather than a formula, using Christian ethics as a base. 'Control freak' is a title that belongs more to the people who are working hard to get parental rights legislated away because they can't stand anyone disagreeing with them and wish to see their vision become the only vision, and in the process give the government absolute power over personal decisions. "Stop, or I'll say 'stop' again!" was funny in Monty Python because of the absurdity and uselessness of it. If corporal punishment were so evil in every case, why is it that all the generations that grew up under it did not have to fear being stabbed or shot in school, but the current generation of "untouchables" is more sociopathic than anything ever seen before? That kind of pokes holes in the idea that corporal punishment teaches violence. If that were true, you would see the current crop of youngsters being the most peaceable in history, and everyone born before the 1980's being sociopaths. But yet look around us...

This is an absolutely wonderful book that produced results in my home within 2 days! The other reviewers expressed that Dr. Rosemond is advocating spanking and child abuse! He clearly states that "I am not advocating spanking" so I do not know what book these folks read but it wasnt this one. I find that I constantly refer to the term "Post Modern Psychobabble" on a weekly basis. I actually starting reading this book a few weeks before my 6 year old sons teacher expressed her in "professional" opinion that my son was ADHD! My husband and I were blown away by this because she had only known him for 2 months and only had 14 students in her class. 5 of the students were "diagnosed" by her as ADHD. When we told her that she was wrong and that she needed to get a hold of her classroom and show authority when dealing with my child she agreed to try. By the end of the school year, she came to me and apologized and said that after we pointed out to her that he was trying to push her buttons and only needed her to act in an authoritave way with him that she saw nothing but wonderful behavior from him. You see, he has never been a behaviorial problem for any other teacher nor for us at home because we apply the principles of respect for God, Family and community. The funny thing is that one of the reasons she based her "diagnosis" was the fact the at Art time he became disruptive because he does not like art (none of us in the family are artistic), however, I told her that with his love of reading she should give him a book on Van Gogh or something of the sort. She followed suit and realized that he has a great ammount of art appreciation. You see, we as a society have decided that the over stressed teachers must be right and a majority of us tend to run out and put our children on some sort of medication for fear of what people will think of us and our children. I write this review specifically for those parents who question those who suggest your child has ADD or ADHD. I am not saying there are children who dont need meds, but if you are in the slightest of doubt, please purchase and read this book and give it a few months of its applications, you may see a difference in your child/or teacher. Make sure that you stand up for your children, teachers and administrators are not the authority, God is!

Much wisdom for raising healthy kids/grandkids; shows the need to go back to THE Book and not all of today's pop philosophy. Highly recommended to any parent.

I found this book very helpful, If applied right there is no harm done and the child will look up to you. If applied wrong yes there could be damage that is why you need to use the Lord in your life also and prayer. This book helped me so much, and in applying all that was taught I found out there were some disorders in one of my children, Praise God! for directing us to this book to help us to understand the ways of the Lord, better. You have to do the work! Not just spank the child! You have to use The ways of the Lord, not just throw out punishment! God will follow through if you follow him. NO one is perfect and we all make mistakes, I think this was a awesome book and now I have older children that want this book also so I am ordering it for my older children that have children. Thanks John Rosemond for this book! Dawn D