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Summary: Not the answer
Review: I am a Christian Mom, who felt mislead by the title of this book. Please DO NOT BUY this book. Instead I would get,
The Complete Book of Christian Parenting & Child Care: A Medical & Moral Guide to Raising Happy, Healthy Children, by William and Martha Sears.
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Summary: This book has made a huge difference in our four children.
Review: I am a parent with four children. For the first time in my life I feel encouraged about how I discipline my children. Tedd Tripp destroys the modern methods of manipulation based discipline and from a totally Biblical approach defines and gives clear, easy to follow directions that are encouraging and make sense. I have a very strong willed child and what he talks about in his book has made an immediate difference. I struggled for a while with guilt because of an improper perspective and approach to discipline which only dealt with outward behavior and not the childs' heart. Since my wife and I have been dealing with the heart we see a big difference in our childrens behavior. For the first time, we feel confident, encouraged, and can see exactly where we are heading and how what we do affects their behavior for better or for worse. Our children are becomming more loveing to each other and as a result of reading this book I see exactly why God tells us to discipline. The guilt is gone, and I now know where I am going when I discipline. I know what I want to produce in my children, and why. I can't praise this book enough. It is pure biblical in its approach. Be prepared to have everything you were ever taught dismantled, taken apart, and destroyed, but then built up in a way which gives clear focuss and makes so much sense that you will burst with joy. Your children will love you for it. Ours have.
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Summary: The best single book on parenting besides the Bible!
Review: I am a pediatrician with 21 years experience, and this is the book that I give young parents to provide them with the truth about raising children. It provides them with the proper world-view of parenting. It gives them a strategy that works, not pop psychology. Raising children is about influencing an eternal soul, created by God, it is not just changing behavior. Raising children is the most important job that a parent does, and 99% of parenting books totally miss the point, even many "Christian" parenting books, miss the point! I wish I would have had this book 25 years ago! Thank you Tedd Tripp for your ministry!
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Summary: Eye Opening
Review: I have read many books on child rearing, But never have I read one on changing the heart first. This book not only helped me get back in control as a parent, but it also opened my eyes to a lot of the problems in today world. My husband and I have applied what God gave us to use in the first place and again as always God is right and God is good.
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Summary: VERY SHOCKED
Review: I have to say I'm very shoched at what positive comments this book has gotten. This is my first review and many will probably say be it your last, but I just had to speak up. I'm christian and believe very much in biblical teachings but I just don't understand how hitting your child will help them to learn from their mistakes. It will just scare them into not doing it again. Logical Consiquences make a child learn and treating them with respect as you wish to be treated. Hitting teaches you are bigger and stronger not trust in the Lord.
Anyway my jaw hit the floor when I got to page 31.
Ex. I recall many situations like this
FATHER: You didn't obey daddy did you
CHILD: No
FATHER: Do you remember what God says daddy must do if you
disobey me?
CHILD: Spank Me?
FATHER: That's right. I must spank you. If I don't, then I would
be disobeying God. You and I would both be wrong. That
would not be good for you or for me, would it?
CHILD: No. (a reluctant reply)Read Children: The Challenge by Rudolf Dreikurs. It's common sense and logical and works without degrading yourself or your child. Children can respect and have the fear of God without being hit.
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Summary: What happened to a loving and forgiving God?
Review: I lost sleep after reading this book which step by step describes how to spank your children. As the mother of four amazing Christian children, I have always used consistent, yet respectable methods of discipline - time-out being top on my list. I have smacked a hand or swatted a rear-end when I feared their safety and felt that they needed a stronger and immediate understanding of that danger. After reading Tripp's suggestions of spanking your child every time they disobey you, I was horrified. He also suggests that these spankings begin when the child is just an infant - the example is when they resisit diaper change. Yes, God tells us to discipline our children. Yes, God tells us that our children they must obey us. But isn't our God a loving and forgiving God? I ask you what Jesus would say if he saw a mother spanking her 6 month old baby when resisting a diaper change. I think our hearts can give us that answer. For parents who are frustrated with a child's behavior, I do not suggest that you read this fundamentalist Christian view to discipline. This type of discipline only makes your child fear you and resent you. This type of discipline could also make you lose your children to the state. This is not Christian parenting at it's best - it truly horrifies me!!!
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Summary: Child Abuse for Dummies
Review: I picked this up in a bookstore and almost stood there reading the whole thing with my lower jaw touching the floor. Utilizing a 19th century view of children as innately evil and insubordinate, Mr. Tripp proffers biblical verse to justify corporal punishment as a means to turn them into obedient automatons. Worse yet, this book outlines methods to hide abuse from dissenting family members and community authorities. It serves as nothing more than further evidence of the destructive and dysfunctional nature of the Christian belief system. Period.
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Summary: Good ideas, bad interpretation of Scripture
Review: I think that Tripp would have done a better job with this book if he hadn't touted his opinion about spanking as being a MANDATE of God! I'd love to know where Tripp got that madate from, because I couldn't find it and neither could our pastor--and I attend a devout Bible preaching church. I'd recommend choosing another book altogether, but if you can put that aside, his information about teachable moments is good.
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Summary: This is one star short of being perfect
Review: I truly love this book & I think it's probably the best parenting book I've ever read, HOWEVER there are 2 things Ted Tripp mentions that I wholeheartedly disagree with. First of all, he claims that God COMMANDS us to spank our children (page 153), which he gets from Proverbs. I don't know about you, but nowhere in my Bible does it say that Proverbs are commands. Proverbs is a book of wisdom & "recommended applications" on how to live a godly life. I do believe that there are consequences to misbehavior (including in my own life!), but that does not always mean a spanking is in order. Sometimes time out works. Or taking away privileges. The other thing I disagree with is that he recommends spanking for EVERY act of disobedience. I think grace MUST be applied every once in a while. After all, I know God gives me ABUNDANT GRACE when I misbehave! As I mentioned earlier, I think 95% of this book is right on target. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that my husband & I are going to start leading a small group on it. But after reading the above issues, I spent LOTS of time on my knees in prayer & time researching this before I knew how I felt. Bottom line is....NO ONE has the right answers for your own parenting. God has given YOU your children, not someone else. You have to parent the way God calls you to in your own heart, and I thank Him for doing just that every single day...because I sure need His guidance everyday!
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Summary: This is one star short of being perfect
Review: I truly love this book & I think it's probably the best parenting book I've ever read, HOWEVER there are 2 things Ted Tripp mentions that I wholeheartedly disagree with. First of all, he claims that God COMMANDS us to spank our children (page 153), which he gets from Proverbs. I don't know about you, but nowhere in my Bible does it say that Proverbs are commands. Proverbs is a book of wisdom & "recommended applications" on how to live a godly life. I do believe that there are consequences to misbehavior (including in my own life!), but that does not always mean a spanking is in order. Sometimes time out works. Or taking away privileges. The other thing I disagree with is that he recommends spanking for EVERY act of disobedience. I think grace MUST be applied every once in a while. After all, I know God gives me ABUNDANT GRACE when I misbehave! As I mentioned earlier, I think 95% of this book is right on target. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that my husband & I are going to start leading a small group on it. But after reading the above issues, I spent LOTS of time on my knees in prayer & time researching this before I knew how I felt. Bottom line is....NO ONE has the right answers for your own parenting. God has given YOU your children, not someone else. You have to parent the way God calls you to in your own heart, and I thank Him for doing just that every single day...because I sure need His guidance everyday!
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