I'm Not Your Friend, I'm Your Parent: Helping Your Children Set the Boundaries They Need...and Really Want (Hardcover)

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Key Phrases: nonpermissive parents, alien years, permissive parenting, Other Eight-Letter Words, The Not-So-Good, Pretty Bad (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Fox News host and busy mother of eight E. D. Hill offers the antidote to permissive parenting by giving parents permission to be in charge.

Instructional and conversational, I'm Not Your Friend, I'm Your Parent challenges parents to reclaim their roles, make the hard decisions, and put their children's characters and well-being ahead of peer pressue and social status. With entertaining stories from her own family and those of others she has encountered in her profession as a journalist, E. D. tackles parental challenges:

• Manners: thank you and other common courtesies
• Discipline: tantrums and time-outs
• Money: chores and allowances
• Sportsmanship: fair vs. foul
• Clothing: fashion and dress codes
• Teenagers: structure and consequences
• Includes a special chapter on Driving, Dating, and other Death-Defying Feats along with contracts for use with teens

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (September 2, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785228101
• ISBN-13: 978-0785228103
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #245,209 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Real Mom, September 8, 2008

By	Curtis P. Brooks - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have read book after book about kids and parenting, but I love this one the most. I could go on and on how much I loved it...

E.D. Hill is straight forwarded and I think some people would even reject her parenting, NOT ME! It's time more parents learn how to be parents.

I have been somewhat of a permissive parent. Now I have so many tools to help raise my 8 and 9 years. Yes...I'm weak at times and that's ok we are not all PERFECT!

My children saw me reading this book and my daughter called it the manners book. Then my son said that he knew he was in for some changes after just reading the title. We made charts for chores, a chart for sportmanship and manners. They are all over the refrigerator. So far...so Good! Thank you Mrs. Hill! I would love more...write another book.

My husband recommended. He saw it advertised on TV. He knows E.D. Hill from the news.

I am going to buy this book for several people this Christmas!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read For Parents, September 26, 2008

By	S. Peek (Rocky Mountains, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Anyone who is a parent of children from toddlers to teens should read this book.

It is full of solid advice on a wide range of topics including: manners, discipline, sportsmanship, dress code, and more. The author is the mother of eight and a TV news journalist. Her children cover a wide range of ages. She offers practical suggestions for instilling boundaries and good behavior.

The section on manners alone would be plenty of reason to buy several copies of this and give it as gifts to parents. There is lots of great stuff beyond that as well. One part that I think is particularly good is the one on allowances. Not only does Ms. Hill help parents with good ideas on money issues, she also reveals some excellent resources that will help with tracking and paying out allowances based upon completed chores, etc.

Two other particularly outstanding suggestions include model contracts for home rules and driving.

This is a great book for any parent. Buy it, read it, and use her ideas!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible read, a must for parents, September 20, 2008

By	M. Thomas - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this book so I could give it to parents. I am a great grandparent, very interested in young families.
Oh, how I wish I had had this available 45 years ago. It was such an interesting read as well as very fundamental. I found myself staying up till very late at night reading because I had to see what she had to say next.
I feel that this is one of the 21st century problems with families. Parents are letting the children run the family because they want to be their friends.
I recommend this book to every parent with children.