You're a Better Parent Than You Think!: A Guide to Common-Sense Parenting [Paperback]

Raymond N. Guarendi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 30, 1984

A Simon & Schuster eBook

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Touchstone (December 30, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671765957
• ISBN-13: 978-0671765958
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #489,464 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing, practical, and down-to-earth, June 9, 2000

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This review is from: You're a Better Parent Than You Think!: A Guide to Common-Sense Parenting (Paperback)

This is the best parenting book I've read, and I've read a bunch. It's completely free of psychobabble, and his approach is straightforward, practical, and sensible. Guarendi doesn't get into the usual controversies about whether or not to spank, attachment parenting, or the like. Instead, he gives parents practical ways to apply whatever their particular philosophies are. I can't recommend this book highly enough!

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to create harmony in your family, March 15, 2006

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L. J. Roberts "renaisancedudette" (Pleasanton, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You're a Better Parent Than You Think!: A Guide to Common-Sense Parenting (Paperback)

I purchased this book after watching Dr. Guarendi give an interview on EWTN. I realized that even though I am a fairly consistent parent, I could work at it a little more. Once I read the book, I was shocked and chagrined to discover I was less consistent than I thought, and the main reason we had so much discord with one of our children stemmed from my refusing to completely take authority. This author believes in parental authority exercised in love, and I have to tell you that his ideas worked for us. My "problem" child is still spirited, but she also listens to me now, and close family agree that she's more pleasant to be around and even happier. As the author predicted, at first we had to discipline constantly (and this wasn't spanking for those who are worried about that), but now that she knows we mean business, we discipline less often than before we read this book, and with better results. For us, this book has been a lifesaver, and compared to many of the cases from his practice that Dr. Guarendi shares, our problems were really mild! If you want to be a *more* loving parent who can discipline effectively and consistently and calmly, get this book, read it, and then implement the ideas.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Stuff!, January 4, 2005

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John Henry Newman "John Henry Newman" - See all my reviews

This review is from: You'Re a Better Parent Than You Think! : a Guide to Common-Sense Parenting (Paperback)

I first learned about Dr. Ray from a friend who read this book. Since then, I have purchased every one of Dr. Ray's books and even downloaded his wonderful 13-part audio series from the EWTN web site (...)This book has helped me more in my parenting than any other that I have read, and I have read several. Dr. Ray gives you a no-nonsense approach based on his premise that the one thing parents of today need the most is confidence (at least the parents who are willing to read a book about parenting, that is). What makes this book stand out is that not only will it help you in rearing your child, it will also give you a new perspective when reading other parenting books.