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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Forget all those smarmy books full of buzz words and advice that will never work on real kids. Miss Manners knows what it really takes to raise polite kids. She also is so funny that you will literally laugh out loud while you read through this book. You'll read it straight through like a novel and you'll be so glad to have it on hand to answer questions that pop up. A fantastic baby shower gift!
22 of 26 people found the following review helpful
By Mom of 3
Format:Paperback
I read this book when my oldest was an infant and I can tell you the book was great. The part I remember most was right in the beginning. Miss Manners divides parents in to two types. There are the type who beam when they see their children, love them to death, and think they are wonderful, then there are the type who consider their children difficult and a terrible inconvenience. The ones who think their kids are wonderful wind up with children who want to please their parents and become great people with far less difficulty.
For the record I have one in college and two are still teenagers. They are not particularly easy, in fact people gave me a very hard time when they were younger. Following the advice int his book worked and we developed a calm and happy household. My critics who followed various popular child rearing methods from experts now have difficult and rebellious teenagers and my kids are mostly easy excepting a few perfectly normal hormonal eruptions. I constantly get comments on my children's wonderful manners. My daughter who is exceptionally oppositional recently complained that she cannot have any fun rebelling because everything is her choice. I am not permissive, they do not choose consequences, but from a young age I have had total faith in their ability to figure things out from their own experience and ultimately make good choices as they get older.
Other books that helped me were James Dobson's "Dare to Discipline" and his book on oppositional children. People around me considered my kids very difficult from about birth to age 6-10 depending on the child, so I can assure you parents out there that these methods really do work and Miss Manners is not starting out with Perfect Children, she is teaching people how to develop them.
For the record I have one in college and two are still teenagers. They are not particularly easy, in fact people gave me a very hard time when they were younger. Following the advice int his book worked and we developed a calm and happy household. My critics who followed various popular child rearing methods from experts now have difficult and rebellious teenagers and my kids are mostly easy excepting a few perfectly normal hormonal eruptions. I constantly get comments on my children's wonderful manners. My daughter who is exceptionally oppositional recently complained that she cannot have any fun rebelling because everything is her choice. I am not permissive, they do not choose consequences, but from a young age I have had total faith in their ability to figure things out from their own experience and ultimately make good choices as they get older.
Other books that helped me were James Dobson's "Dare to Discipline" and his book on oppositional children. People around me considered my kids very difficult from about birth to age 6-10 depending on the child, so I can assure you parents out there that these methods really do work and Miss Manners is not starting out with Perfect Children, she is teaching people how to develop them.
34 of 43 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
Did you ever wish your children were presentable in public? Did you ever wish they were tolerable at home? Then this book is for you! And if your children are already presentable and tolerable, you'll die laughing at Miss Manners' wit and wisdom. You'll reread this book every year and enjoy it every time. Before you know it, you'll be enjoying an outing to the mall with all your kids in tow.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
She's the best.
Some things don't ever need to change and Judith Martin knows what they are. She holds the standard for proper behavior very high.
Published 1 month ago by Patricia Carroll
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Flawlessly Correct (while also being very funny) Book
Right now I'm reading this for probably the 4th time. I read it first when it came out in 1984, the year our youngest child was born. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Wardrobe Books
5.0 out of 5 stars
informative and fun
I love Miss Manners. She is actually quite sassy, without being condescending, and gives a lot of good information in this book. Read more
Published on January 1, 2011 by D. Hehr
1.0 out of 5 stars
Bleh. Couldn't get past the first chapter
Ok--I have a short attention span and this book didn't cut it for me. Guess I'll have to figure out how to teach manners to my ill mannered kids on the fly.
Published on November 8, 2009 by oneoneandtwo
5.0 out of 5 stars
Manners - they're not just for grownups!
Some of the best child-rearing advice I've ever seen. And put in such a clever, witty way! Love, love, love it.
Published on September 15, 2009 by Olde England Lover
3.0 out of 5 stars
Well written, but the typeface is small
This may be a great book...but the typeface is so small that I get a headache from it. The writing is really good and what I have looked at so far seems to be narrative format and... Read more
Published on July 15, 2009 by GBL
3.0 out of 5 stars
Gives cause to rethink my politeness coefficient
I bought this after reading a pediatrician's offhand recommendation in the NYTimes about how she felt about children's behaviour should be. Read more
Published on March 3, 2009 by AusNYC
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good advice for harrased 'rents - and for society as a whole.
A pediatrician writing for the New York Times OpEd recommended this book - I am a Grandmother and wanted to know what the latest was in child rearing. Read more
Published on February 16, 2009 by Tommi Whitfield
5.0 out of 5 stars
Manners
Book in excellent condition, and a "must" for anyone who is rearing a child. This is practical advice, but Miss Manners gives suggestions and reminds us of the importance of "good... Read more
Published on February 15, 2009 by Elizabeth D. Helton
5.0 out of 5 stars
Everything my Parents and Grandparents practiced on ME!
"Judith" as she is called so often (and improperly!) writes with such a playful tone that even my 12 year old wants to read her insights on Rearing Perfect Children. Read more
Published on January 29, 1998 by meesher@ix.netcom.com
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