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On Becoming Childwise: Parenting Your Child from 3-7 Years Paperback – Illustrated, November 1, 2001

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As a child moves beyond the toddler years, new challenges arise for parents. Be prepared for this exciting stage with fifteen "Childwise" principles for training children ages 3-7 in happy and responsible living. You became a parent overnight..... but it takes much longer to become Childwise. Just when you master the baby stage, greater challenges arise. Intellect, self-awareness, curiosity, and social roles are emerging-- requiring consistent caring guidance from you.Equip yourself with more than fifteen Childwise Principles for training kids in the art of living happily among friends and family. Foster the safe, secure growth of your child's self-concept and world view. Nurture your little one's uniqueness while setting loving boundaries on his or her world. And sow seeds for a rich harvest in the ten years ahead.On Becoming Childwise shows you how to raise emotionally balanced, intellectually assertive, and morally sensible children. It's the essential guidebook for the adventurous years from toddler to grader schooler! Come join 26 year Pediatrician Dr. Robert Bucknam, M.D. and co-author Gary Ezzo, M.A. and the community of 6 million homes in all 50 states and around the world that are finding peace and success with their children in the On Becoming best selling series!

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"On Becoming Childwise is one of the few books available today for clear and effective parenting. As a parent and child neurologist, and often as a counselor, I daily use the information in this book. I heartily recommend it." -Dr. Robert P. Turner, M.D., Pediatric Neurologist, South Carolina

"In my practice, I see many parents who are struggling with how to raise moral children in an immoral society. On Becoming Childwise is one of the most practical, helpful resources available to parents for child training and character development." - Dr. James M. Pearson, M.D., Pediatrician, Johnson City, Tennesee

"As a pediatrician, the healthy growth of children is the central concern of my practice. By definition, "healthy" means more than positive ear, nose, and throat examinations-- it also implies emotional, physical, moral, and cognitive fitness. It includes giving a baby the best environment to grow, flourish and reach his or her full potential at each stage of development."Dr. Robert Bucknam, M.D., Founder & Director-Cornerstone Pediatrics-Louisville, CO

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This is an exciting period of growth and development for children, and a time when parental training and encouragement are major players in the child's developing world. These preschool and early school years awaken within a child a sense of fearful adventure in an ever-expanding world outside the confines of mom and dad.It is an exciting and, yes, challenging growth period. A time when your child's intellect develops sufficiently to allow purposeful interaction with adults and other children. As that interaction begins, your child starts to process experiences and sensation from his deepening relationships that direct the way he interprets life. As your child's world unfolds, new and broader expectations are realized. Now he is confronted with role functions, norms, and expected standards of conduct which sometimes conflict with each other as well as with his own self-centered perceptions.Children of this age not only begin to perceive how and where they fin into the larger social picture, but they also develop a life and worldview perception of where everyone else in their mental neighborhood belongs-- mom and add, little Kyle next door, and the mechanic down the street.Our goal is to help you get started and sustain your course of action with confidence. We want to give you a renewed sense of purpose in your parentings. Come enjoy our 15 Childwise principles!!

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Parent - Wise Solutions, Inc.; 2nd edition (November 1, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 261 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0971453233
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0971453234
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.27 x 0.74 x 8.23 inches

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Gary Ezzo, M.A. serves as the executive director of Growing Families International. He and his wife Anne Marie have spoken to millions of mothers, fathers, educators and medical clinicians through their best-selling books and weekend seminars. Their parenting concepts are now translated into 25 languages. Join Mr. Ezzo online at Babywise.life for his latest findings and updates.
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Dr. Robert Bucknam, M.D., F.A.A.P. is the founder and director of Cornerstone Pediatrics in Louisville, Colorado where he resides with his wife, Gayle, and their four sons. He has served thousands of parents in Colorado for the last 28 years as their Pediatrician. With a targeted interest in preterm and high-risk newborns, Dr. Bucknam's opinions are highly respected within the pediatric community; He has expanded his practice into multiple hospitals in the area where he works closely with 37 licensed Pediatricians. Dr. Bucknam's work on Parent Directed Feeding is being utilized by 6 million parents worldwide in 20 languages. Join Dr. Bucknam online at Babywise.life for his latest findings and support.
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Yeshua Loves You

great series

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This book series is amazing. We saw outright transformations in our kids. I recommend the first two babywise books for the foundational info even if your kids are older. Then just get whichever ones match the ages of your kids.

Edit 1/15/2015 - I've seen a lot of things on the Internet about how "awful" these books are. In most cases, not a single quote of questionable content is ever provided from any of the books. In several cases, these poor book authors are confused with another author (Michael Pearl) who has *nothing* to do with the people who wrote these books. There is also much mention of Mr. Ezzo's lack of any medical credentials for the medical parts of the books - which *utterly* ignores that the co-author of the series, DOCTOR Robert Bucknam (M.D) even exists. Having said that, the medical stuff is now a good 25 years old, so do some modern research...but the information was entirely correct for its day.

These books *are* just about the antithesis of "attachment parenting" and most similar philosophies, so if you're looking for a way to become your children's whim-controlled submissive, I highly DON'T recommend these books. If you are too offended by Christian themes to be able to pull useful secular data from their pages, then again...these are not the books for you.

However, if you believe that *you* should be the guiding authority figure in the parent/child relationship, AND you have the fortitude of personal identity to pick the parts of this book that work for you while making your own decisions to adopt any given thing or not (family prayer time in an atheist household, for example, would not mesh well), then by all means, read away.

And if you're a new parent who didn't have a very good example of parents growing up and you do nothing but follow these books to the letter...even with the somewhat outdated medical data and the (by today's standards) almost Puritan morality, you'll be fine, and your kids will be fine.

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I encourage you to read this book

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I have worked the baby wise and now child wise concepts in my home since my first born arrived a little over 2 years ago. My husband and I are constantly amazed at the results we get by following a few basic ideals.
Even our pediatrician asked if we followed the babywise/childwise philosophy. I said yes, how did you know? Her answer was simple and direct. She said, "I've seen thousands of children and the babywise (childwise) children are consistantly healthy and very confident" She continued to sing the praises of these books and our child. In fact, at our 2 year check up she gave us, the parents, an A+. I can't tell you how gratifying a feeling that is for a first time parent.
I've read the negative reviews on Mr. Ezzo's books and I'm baffled. But if you read the reviews of the parents that actually read and applied the philosphy in these books to there own children, most of those reviews are positive. That says a lot.
The final proof to myself that I'm doing the right thing by my child is the behavior of many of the kids in my moms' group. All the children (around 25) are within 2 months in age. The other moms ask me, how do you get your son to mind? He actually comes when you say, "Come here". He listens when you say no. He takes his nap everyday. He goes to bed without incident at night. He eats the dinner you put in front of him...I could go on and on.
My son and I had a play date with one of them yesterday. Her child has been "on-demand" feeding since day one and has always slept in the parents' bed. This whole week, the child wouldn't take a nap and has had hysterical melt-downs every afternoon. She finally fell asleep while we were there (around 5pm) and slept for a short while, only to be up until midnight that night. The mother cries to me, "I don't know what to do".
I wish I could tell her Babywise (Childwise), but I don't think the mom is willing to change what she's been doing. But you can...start from day one with Babywise. It's hard work at first, but trust me, it pays off in the long run and you too can have healthy, confident and wonderful children.

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L. Randle

EXCELLENT! A must-read for all parents

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I underlined this book so much the first time through that it now looks like a well used college textbook! And maybe that's appropriate because it is a fantastic handbook resource/ guide to childhood and teaching your child how to behave in fundamentally respectful and courteous ways to their parents and others. We have seen great success with the techniques explained here even though we are still at the beginning of our journey through child-rearing.
As a case study: our three year old girl was getting out of hand with back talk, tantrums, and disobedient. She would be sweet and angelic one moment and in a total meltdown the next when something happened to cross her will. We began requiring more respect from her and enforcing quick, responsiveness with non-reactionary regularity and it has changed her world. She is not only more polite and respectful, she's also more even-tempered, cheerful, and understanding when things don't go her way. She speaks confidently but appropriately with adults and peers and she hardly ever has meltdowns anymore. We couldn't be more pleased or grateful for this book. It really gave us the courage to assume our role as parents not pushovers.

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