The Well Behaved Child by John Rosemond is, a parenting book that encourages parents to throw out the psychobabble and return to the authoritarian style of traditional parenting.
Rosemond asserts that children are bad. He outlines seven fundamentals of effective discipline. In the Agony Principle, parents should not agonize over the children’s failures, the child should agonize. Making an offer a child can’t refuse is the Godfather Principle.
Rosemond provides tools such as charts and tickets to implement the principles. There are parent accounts in the book, which are subjective testimonials about the successful implementation of the methods. Rosemond is engaging and opinionated. Rosemond’s views on prescription medication for children is controversial. The book addressing getting a child to do homework, potty training, tantrums, and much more.
As the mother of two sons, ages seven and three, I began to implement some of the methods with success. Specifically, going to bed early seems to be the worse threat you can make to a child.
Rosemond asserts that children are bad. He outlines seven fundamentals of effective discipline. In the Agony Principle, parents should not agonize over the children’s failures, the child should agonize. Making an offer a child can’t refuse is the Godfather Principle.
Rosemond provides tools such as charts and tickets to implement the principles. There are parent accounts in the book, which are subjective testimonials about the successful implementation of the methods. Rosemond is engaging and opinionated. Rosemond’s views on prescription medication for children is controversial. The book addressing getting a child to do homework, potty training, tantrums, and much more.
As the mother of two sons, ages seven and three, I began to implement some of the methods with success. Specifically, going to bed early seems to be the worse threat you can make to a child.
Regardless of whether you agree with Rosemond about medication, the premise of this book makes it well worth the time spent reading it. I would highly recommend the book for anyone who wants to tweak their parenting skills or add a few new tactics to their arsenal.
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