Nine Myths that Damage a Child's Confidence

Rating:
Summary: A Most Disappointing Book
Review: I opened this book with eager anticipation. I was interested in knowing how to improve my parenting skills to help raise my daughter with greater self-confidence. I was disappointed from the start. The book is written strictly from the point-of-view of Christian educators and with a devout Christian dogma. She seems to believe that almost all teachers know better than parents how to raise their children. Additionally, without her specific ideas of God firmly rooted in the home, no one is capable of successfully raising a child.

While I have seen many parents that are over-reactive, I believe she encourages her readers to be under-reactive. As she admits her own mother was with her. A few of her points are good and helpful. But the examples she uses do not illustrate them well.

All through the book, answers to questions posed to children are referenced. The language used by these children is quite unbelievable. Many of these statements seem incredibly mature and sophisticated for children to have written alone. Amazingly, they all illustrate her points and confirm her theories.