"Parenting By the Book"...AWESOME!!!

Wow! John Rosemond, the author of this book, and a famous child and family psychologist spoke at our church this weekend. He also gave a seminar. Everything he said was so right on, I wish every new parent could have heard him. He started off by saying that psychology is pretty much just alot of man made ideas and because he IS a psychologist..and he is a christian...he has seen that the Bible tells you how to raise a child. And the problems that parents face now are just consequences from their choices of how they are raising their children. He says to put your marriage first....and stop idolizing your children. There is nowhere in the Bible that says a child should be made to "feel special" or have a high self esteem....in fact, the Bible says children are to honor their father and mother...not the other way around... He made a point that when he was in the first grade he saw a picture of his class, there was ONE teacher to fifty first graders, this was in 1953. He said he could gaurantee that his teacher had less problems with her class the whole year then a teacher does now with an aide and 1/2 the number of students does in the first two weeks, and that is because he is from the generation that was parented by the Book and not by psychologist's feel good trivia . Any teacher can tell you...he is probably right. He was in the last generation that was parented by the Book...when children were seen and not heard, and they wouldn't dare interupt when adults were speaking. He said that he entered first grade not even knowing his ABC's because he was a child at a time when parents let a baby be a baby and a kid be a kid. They didn't sit in front of the kids cramming in facts and figures ....they just let them play. And he was pretty sure by the end of his first grade year all fifty of the kids in his class could read pretty well. Because they were expected to pay attention and to learn....and if they didn't, there were consequences....I could go on and on and on...but I won't. Wouldn't it be nice if we could go back to when kids were kids and parents really did parent? When children were taught to behave and they were taught respect? (sigh)... Life is fast and they grow up too soon... I am glad mine are grown....and good luck to all the young parents out there!! I hope you make good choices of what to teach so your consequences are not a problem!!