The Well-Behaved Child: Discipline that Really Works! »

A parenting workshop in a book!

The biggest frustration felt by today's parents is in the area of discipline. Family psychologist, best-selling author, and parenting expert John Rosemond uses his thirty-six years of professional experience working with families to develop the quintessential "how to" book for parents. Rosemond's step-by-step program, based on biblical principles, traditional parenting approaches, and common sense, covers a wide range of discipline problems applicable to children from toddler to teen.

Sections include:

• Essential Discipline Principles


• Essential Discipline Tools


• Perplexing Problems and Simple Solutions


• Not Your Everyday Problems


• General Questions and Answers (Troubleshooting)

Filled with real-life examples that anyone who's ever been around children can relate to, this book is sure to be one of the most valuable, helpful resources parents have ever stumbled across.

Read This First! (Because I Said So!) xiii

Chapter 1 Why Children Misbehave 1

It Wasn't Brake, but They Tried to Fix It Anyway (and Broke It) 13

Chapter 2 The Seven Fundamentals of Effective Discipline 19

Alpha Speech 21

Nipping It in the Bud 31

The Agony and the Godfather Principles 37

The Referee's Rule 52

The Penicillin Principle 55

Bite Off Only What You Can Chew 60

The Jeremiah Principle 62

Chapter 3 Seven Essential Tools 67

A Comes Before B 67

Tickets 69

Strikes 77

Charts 78

Daily and Weekly Report Cards (for School Problems) 89

Kicked Out of the Garden 97

Piling On 105

"The Doctor" Makes House Calls 109

Chapter 4 The Top Seven Behavior Problems of All Time...Solved! 113

Bedtime Battles (And Related Fears) 113

Food Fights 122

Stealing and Lying (and Other Deceits) 127

Sibling Warfare 139

Defiance 147

Tantrums 156

Refusing to Use the Potty 165

Chapter 5 Seven Tales of the Strange and Unexpected 169

Henry Bangs His Head 169

Megan Yanks Her Hair Out by the Handfuis 172

Roberta Won't "Unbond" with Her Food 176

Sammy Scratches Himself 178

Sonny Won't Poop Without a Pull-Up 179

Rafael Steals Food and Hides It 181

Chatty Cathy Tells Everybody Everything 183

Chapter 6 Seven Final Words of Advice 187

Parent Through Leadership 187

Create a Parent-Centered Family 189

Assign Chores 190

Put "Team Family" First 191

Help Your Kids Develop Hobbies 194

Banish the Idiot Boxes 195

Make Proverbs 22:6 Your Vision Statement 197

Read This Last! 201

Notes 205

Acknowledgments 209

About the Author 211