Spoiling Childhood: How Well-Meaning Parents Are Giving Children Too Much - But Not What They Need

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Summary: An incisive look at today's confused parenting methods
Review: Diane Ehrensaft's fine book "Spoiling Childhood" offers real-life situations from her extensive clinical background to illustrate the bind in which today's "confused parents" find themselves. Highly "conversational" in mood, it aims to help replace parental guilt with "good enough," not perfect parenting. This refreshing book is the one to read if you or anyone you know has ever stopped to say "Wait a minute...I'm the adult here...why is it so hard for me to take control of this situation?" This book is so good I have contacted the author and arranged for her to speak to a parent group in our community this fall.

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Summary: "Just say NO" to Spoiling a Child!
Review: Dr. Ehrensaft has a gift for blending the clinical and emotional aspects of what children need as opposed to what they want. The importance of saying 'no' today for responsibile children tomorrow; sums up the insightful wisdom of this well written,heartfelt book. A 'just say no' approach to combat addiciton to instant gratification and materialism that produces the insatiable demands of children. Dr. Ehrensaft captures the value of setting limits as only a working parent can.

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Summary: "Just say NO" to Spoiling a Child!
Review: I find it of interest that a clinical psychologist (Ph.D) can be so simplistic in assigning blame and prescribe such hippie-dippie answers to the serious problems children face today. Wonder what her own children's psychosis are?

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Summary: Crucial reading for parents today!
Review: Parents who love Dr. Laura Schlessinger will love this book too! Ehrensaft zings into the fundamental psychological issues behind parenting styles of today's parents, and places them in a cultural and historical context. For the first time, I've read a book that identifies the pressures that contribute to my own parenting mistakes and pitfalls. By avoiding giving a cookbook solution to overcoming the expectations we place on our children, Ehrensaft forces readers to think about the motivations behind their own parenting styles, and thus to make decisions about how to make our children's lives less confusing. This book is an outstanding commentary on parenting today, and I am recommending it to my friends, relatives and clients, AND my children's teachers. If you are a parent in today's world, feeling confused, worried or guilty about your parenting style and its impact on your children, READ this book!