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Don't Make Me Count to Three Paperback – March 1, 2004

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Do you find yourself threatening, repeating your instructions, or raising your voice in an attempt to get your children to obey? Are you discouraged because it seems you just can t reach the heart of your child? Through personal experience and the practical application of Scripture, Ginger Hubbard encourages and equips moms to reach past the outward behavior of their children and dive deeply into the issues of the heart. Ginger s candid approach will help moms move beyond the frustrations of not knowing how to handle issues of disobedience and into a confident, well-balanced approach to raising their children.

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Moms of America, this is the book you ve been looking for. Ginger Hubbard is fresh, funny, and full of wisdom. Her advice is overflowing with God s instruction and grace. Rarely have I read a parenting book that gives both inspirational and practical advice all wrapped up in a package you ll look forward to unwrapping over and over again. I recommend this book highly! --Lysa Terkeurst, President, Proverbs 31 Ministries

This book is properly aligned. It makes the focus of discipline the heart and unpacks how to use the Scriptures for both encouragement and reproof. Parenting books tend to be heavy on ideas and strategies for managing our children but light on biblical foundations.Don t Make Me Count to Three weaves together solid biblical truth and practical parenting advice. This bears reading and rereading. --Tedd Tripp, author of Shepherding a Child s Heart

This book is properly aligned. It makes the focus of discipline the heart and unpacks how to use the Scriptures for both encouragement and reproof. Parenting books tend to be heavy on ideas and strategies for managing our children but light on biblical foundations.Don t Make Me Count to Three weaves together solid biblical truth and practical parenting advice. This bears reading and rereading. --Tedd Tripp, author of Shepherding a Child s Heart

About the Author

Ginger Hubbard, founder of Preparing the Way Ministries, is the author of Don t Make Me Count to Three! and Wise Words for Moms. She is a contributing author to several books and many magazines. She has been interviewed on television and radio shows, including The 700 Club, The Harvest Show, Primary Focus, Family Life Today, Revive our Hearts and Focus on the Family. While Ginger enjoys reading, writing and spending time on Lake Martin with her husband Ronnie, her primary passion in life is to glorify God. Ginger is a veteran home schooling mom of two fabulous children, and stepmom to two much adored sons.

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Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Shepherd Press (March 1, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0972304649
ISBN-13: 978-0972304641
Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (345 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,851 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #43 in Books > Parenting & Relationships > Family Relationships > Motherhood
- #79 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Christian Living > Women's Issues
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Balanced, practical, heart-oriented, biblical parenting

ByMark Loughridgeon January 6, 2008

Format: Paperback

Contrary to other reviews this in not a book about spanking. Nor is it a book about being a dictator. Plowman has written a useful and helpful book that deals as much with the parent's attitude as it does with the child's.

It is a balanced book. She frequently highlights and underlines failures of parents to be loving and God-centred in their raising of their children. And she is humble enough to illustrate these failures from her own experience. It is balanced also in that it recognises the need to react differently with different children and with different ages of children - for her there is no 'one rule fits all' thinking.

It is a practical book. It is an ideal companion to Ted Tripp's "Shepherding a Child's Heart". I felt Tripp's book was light on practical examples, but Plowman redresses that with many illustrations of what to do and what not to do.

It is a heart-oriented book. Her approach is not simply to correct the behaviour, but to get to the roots of the behaviour which lie in the heart. It's relatively easy to create a little automaton who will obey out of fear or reward, and then rebel when your back is turned. Plowman is not interested in such an approach. She seeks to get to the heart - and often that means dealing with your own heart first.

It is a biblical book. As a pastor I dislike intensely seeing verses quoted out of context. Contrary to other reviews Mrs Plowman does not do this. Instead she shows every evidence that she understands the context. But more importantly she calls parents to act not as they find easiest, nor in a way that is comfortable to them, but in the way God requires.

It is also a direct book. Plowman is not afraid to call a spade a spade when it comes to some of the methods advocated by parents, for example 'counting to three', 'making excuses for children'. She shows how these only teach children to disobey until you get to '3' as opposed to obeying immediately and to make excuses when they are disobedient. They are counterproductive and naive.

It must also be pointed out that the majority of this book is about verbal correction. And when it comes to deal with physical correction, it spends as much time correcting wrong ideas, wrong motives and wrong approaches. Here there is also much wisdom and balance. Plowman shows the vast difference between biblical chastisement and unbiblical chastisement.

As a pastor and a parent I welcome this book. Those who read it and consider how it applies in their situation will find much help. I would also recommend reading Ted Tripp's "Shepherding a Child's Heart" along with this for it lays a lot of the foundations.

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happens everytime

ByJakkkkeon June 30, 2008

Format: Paperback

Usually when you have a book written from a true biblical perspective and it gets an average 3.5 stars, you will find that they are all "fives" and "ones". Many of the comments in the one star category are from those who did not read the book, but hate Christianity in general and there comments are clearly their commentary on their anti-christian bias vs their review.
I found the book to be very valuable, the teaching was biblical, well founded, loving, and effective. It is very important that both parents are on board and read the book. The rapidity with which it works when consistent, loving discipline is used is amazing.

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Very helpful

ByA. Rothrockon September 9, 2005

Format: Paperback

I can totally understand the frustration of the reviewer who found this book to be "religious tripe" (or whatever she called it). This book is NOT relevant to a non-Christian. However, to a believer, it is filled with wisdom. It has given me more patience and kindness in parenting my children and also reminded me to turn to Scripture for everything I need as a parent. There is no way I can personally change my child's heart. Only God can do that. And only hearing the Scriptures will help my child to know when he or she is not following them. This is a great book which is truly based on the Bible.

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On Target

ByNinaon September 10, 2008

Format: Paperback

This book is the best parenting book I've read...it combines the reality of imperfect mothers with the awesome responsibility and priviledge we have to raise our children so that they love and honor God.

Yes, it's directed at Christians, and it hits right where it should: sound biblical direction and applications for everyday problems.

More than anything, it encouraged me to study the wisdom of the bible for myself, so that I can model and pass that on to my son and future children.

This will be my parenting philosophy from now on, and this book will be my handbook, second only to the bible!

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Saw results right away!

ByD. Landonon May 18, 2008

Format: Paperback

I always counted to three, used time-out. No longer, my child listens for the most part and really seems to respond to the techniques used in this book. I've already lent it to a friend, and have a few waiting in line. A must read.

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Excellent parent resource

ByB. Garretton July 12, 2008

Format: Paperback

This book is a wonderful resource for parents. It focuses on using scripture as the basis for discipline - lots of practical and easy to use tips. Definitely worth the read.

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One of the best parenting books I've read

ByA customeron July 13, 2004

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While no one book (aside from the Bible) can be "THE manual" for raising children, this one definitely should be on the list of must reads. The reason for this is that it's loaded with scripture and practical application of that scripture. Ginger Plowman has done what I've wished I had the knowledge and time to do -- she's given me a practical way to use scripture in the day to day discipline of my kids without it being dry and "preachy". This book is easy to read and filled with real-life examples from the author to illustrate her points and I look forward to referring back to it as necessary.

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Bad Title - Great Book

ByAngelaon July 26, 2008

Format: Paperback

- Biblical parenting
- Tosses worldly parenting methods (such as counting to 3) out the window
- Gives tons of Scripture references for following God's instructions for parenting
- Gives parents ways to help the child evaluate his/her own motives for behavior, encouraging children to keep motives and behaviors in line with God's instructions for living
- Helps child move from pleasing parents to pleasing God - preparing them to be independent Christians, outside of the umbrella of parent's control and moving to an awareness of accountability to God
- Appendix includes discussions on becoming a Christian (false Christian vs. true Christian), leading your child to Christ, and praying for your child

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