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Title: This book would have been great for 1950's parents.
Review: The author applies his own childhood experiences of mother-neglect as an example for today's parents to "ignore" their children, which will somehow make them better adults. One example of the "advice" put forth is for working parents, whose children have been in school all day (followed by an afterschool program), to reserve the first 30 minutes at home for marriage time thus banishing the children to their rooms. Mr. Rosemond also can see no reason why preschoolers should watch ANY television. American kids watch way too much TV, I agree, but NO television? This book offers unrealistic and harsh solutions to real problems faced by today's parents. We need more love and understanding, and MORE, not less time spent with children, and more appropriately, guidebooks on how to accomplish this in today's environment.
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