- ISBN13: 9781589971288
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Product Description
Drawing from her own family’s experiences and from interaction with other parents, Lisa Whelchel offers creative solutions for parents who are out of ideas and desperate for new, proven approaches to discipline. In addition to advice on topics such as sibling conflict and lying, Whelchel offers a biblical perspective and down-to-earth encouragement to parents who are feeling overwhelmed. A handy reference guide that provides ideas for specific situations rounds out … More >>
#1 by John St Myers on February 9, 2010 - 8:37 am
The book is great reading and very informative, provided the parent reading it has some form of intelligence and logic in their brain. If they don’t, forget it, they they need to apply for a job as a Social Worker so they take perfectly good children out of the home and totally destroy not only the family but the child. No where in her book does she state that her children are disrepectful to her for using her ideas. The person that suggested that the children grow up hating her needs to to be evaluated by a Pysciatrist cause they have the problem. My wife and I were raised by strict parents, I had a belt and switch taken to me on several occasions nad we still LOVE our parents. The people out there that like to try and control how other raise their children can not control their own lives. Lisa does not advocate that these are to be used by everyone, but these are her ideas that have worked. I personally have used some of her ideas have they haved worked wonderfully. We CAN NOT have a society of undisciplined and unruly kids that become adults. That is the problem with our society today, the government has taken away the parents right to discipline our own children and thus our juvinile jails have become filled with problems, that if a little discipline was used early on they would not be in jail. Any self-righteous individual that would like to prove there side is more than welcome, provide you have a form of intelligence in your brain. I have been down that road with the social worker and won. You people with your children and no discipline I have one question for you…Who runs the household the parents or the kids? From your reviews I would say the kids. You parents need to grow up and get a life. It is your children that will run the country someday and I for one don’t want to be here when that happens, remember Hitler, Stalin that is what you are creating by not disciplining your kids now. The BIBLE states “SPARE THE ROD, SPOIL THE CHILD”. For those of you that say Jesus would not have done that to a child, you are right. But if you would like to look at it from that perspective, then a child that is out of control and unruly could be possesed by a demon and just being in the presence of Jesus the demon would have been driven out and the child would become obediant. So, unless you are claiming to be GOD, I suggest that you come up with other ways to drive out the demons, unless you like little devils running around your house, which from your reviews I guess you do, just make sure the you keep the pentagram out of my way, and keep your self-righteous attitude and comments to yourself and Satan. So since there is an awful lot of people that can not control there own lives and want to control everybody elses, they need to move to an island and start their own contry. PLEASE.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Teaching 2 on February 9, 2010 - 9:17 am
I also am an RN who specializes in pediatric intensive care… I DO NOT agree with the former reviews though that speak of abuse…. Until someone has had to correct children with severe behavior problems then using such alternative means might be extreme, however sometimes extreme behavior calls for extreme measures… and as for hot sauce and the previous RN’s opinon…please… it’s a small amount not the whole bottle…Some “people” have to blow everything out of proportion… I personally haven’t had to use any of discipline measures listed myself, but I have known several parents who have and they have gotten excellent results…
Rating: 4 / 5
#3 by Rebecca on February 9, 2010 - 9:24 am
If Lisa was in Little Rock we would be great friends! I am ALWAYS blessed by her charm and wisdom. As the mother of two, I have found Creative Correction to be wise and wonderful. My children are such a joy to be around (we do have our moments) and Lisa’s books have deepened our relationship with them. Lisa, thank you for giving your life away! I highly recommend her books.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Lisa on February 9, 2010 - 9:54 am
Contrary to what some others thought, I thought this book was borderline genius. I did not look at this book as being cruel and controlling to children at all. Rather, I thought Lisa focused more on rewarding GOOD behavior than punishing BAD behavior.
I volunteer in our church’s children’s department and I see first hand what happens when parents DON’T discipline their children enough.
As for myself, I grew up in a household where, if you misbehaved, the ONLY option was “the paddle.” When I saw myself starting on this same pattern with my own kids, I was appalled at myself and began looking for other ways to correct them. Yes, there are times when a spanking IS called for, but that should NOT be your only source of discipline. Not only that, but after a while … it just doesn’t work anymore because the child didn’t LEARN anything by it. The child will just end up doing the bad behavior again probably sooner rather than later. Lisa’s book addresses this beautifully.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone that is looking for more “creative” ideas when it comes to disciplining our children. I would even go so far as to say this would be a great book as a gift to a mom-to-be or a teacher/youth ministry leader. Forget the negative reviews, buy the book and prepare to be enlightened.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by real dad on February 9, 2010 - 12:06 pm
I think some of her ideas were a little extreme. Most were very useful.
Rating: 5 / 5