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Title: Outdated, overly religious, and pro-corporal punishment
Review: I bought this book out of desparation with our 3 year old, who is clearly, as the author describes a 'strong willed child'. However, upon reading the first few chapeters my heart sunk. The book was written a long time ago, and attitudes have moved on. The psychology of child rearing has also. My two biggest gripes with this book were:1. Its overly religious tone, using excerpts from the bible for example, which is used almost on every page, and distracts rather than reinforces, especially for those of us who are not christian believers.2. Rather than equipping the parent with an array of tools to help discipline your strong willed child, the author recommends corporal punishment as the main tool of choice, and goes about defending his rationale at length. I believe that spanking is not the answer, and is the sign of a weak minded parent, and I say that from having a very fiery fiesty red headed little boy! There are other ways!
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