The New Six Point Plan for Raising Happy, Healthy Children

Editorial Review
Renowned and respected family psychologist John Rosemond blames child-centered parenting books from recent decades for creating a generation of dependent, often defiant children. He sets the record straight in The New Six-Point Plan for Raising Happy, Healthy Children, an updated version of his highly successful book published more than fifteen years ago.

Booms in technology and mass media have created significant changes in society in the last two decades. The text in this revised book has been thoroughly updated to reflect today's society, yet the foundation of Rosemond's timeless and effective approach remains constant. He encourages families to return to tried-and-true, fundamental parenting truths that people did naturally before the "new science of parenting":

Customer Reviews

Raising Children

2008-09-30
This book gave some good ideas to use with raising children. With three children always arguing I needed all the help I could get. This book was reccomended to me by a grandparent who had some of the same problems.

Neglect and anger your child

2008-09-06
This book ignores all the known facts about children, and relies on old myths, phony "anecdotes" and the author's strange ideas. Spending more time alone with your spouse than time playing and talking with your child is not any guarantee for healthy children, quite the opposite. Neglecting children harms them. Shutting kids out when they are hurting and needing parental love only makes problems worse. The author knows this well, since his own father left the family and the author was raised by a demanding, cold-hearted single mother. The author admits he was a juvenile delinquent, yet he insists children be raised as he was: with little attention, and no friendship or playing with parents. What garbage! This book may appeal to parents who don't like their children and want to kid themselves about how children don't really need love and attention. But if you're a normal, caring parent skip this book. And have some fun playing with your child instead.

A must read for all parents!

2008-08-25
If you don't read another parenting book, please at least read this one! Dr. Rosemond points are thoroughly explained, one per chapter, with each chapter ending with Q&A's that help you understand how you can apply the principles. This is also a good read for grandparents, relatives, friends, anyone who interacts with children.

Good book

2008-07-14
This is definitely one of the best books I have read. I would the information contained within both as a babysitter and as a parent

The Best Parenting Book EVER

2008-05-13
After reading this book, I realized all the other parenting books are useless. It all comes down to what many parents are NOT giving their children: discipline and consequences for everything they do wrong. My houshold of 2 small children (and I have a baby also) changed dramatically in 2 weeks. My life is unbelievably better and I am in complete control of my kids 100% of the time, at home and in public. This book made me realize, since I had my head in the sand, that my 4 year old was going to grow up to be a brat. Now I'm confident I'm going to raise her to be an important and helpful part of society. I taught middle school for 6 years and realize how many parents need to read this one and only book. It's life changing. Many kids have such unstructured homes and they live with parents who don't know what great harm they're doing to their kids by coddling them, making sure their self-esteem is good, uplifting them, feeling sorry for them, and bailing them out when what they really need is consistent discipline and consequences.

parenting book

2008-01-26
Renowned and respected family psychologist John Rosemond blames child-centered parenting books from recent decades for creating a generation of dependent, often defiant children. He sets the record straight in The New Six-Point Plan for Raising Happy, Healthy Children, an updated version of his highly successful book published more than fifteen years ago.

Parents aren't their children's friends; they are their leaders. Parents are at the center of a family¿not kids. Your marriage must come before your children.Each chapter includes easy-to-relate-to questions from parents, which Rosemond answers with both common sense and a sense of humor. For families feeling overwhelmed by competing advice about parenting, this book will ground them with logical, proven approaches to the most significant challenges parents face today. From issues such as self-esteem and discipline to television and chores, this straightforward guidance will facilitate a return to parent-centered families where children are raised into responsible adults.

Best book on child-rearing I have read 2007-11-03
We raised our 3 children using Dr. Rosemond's philosophies and it brought peace and calm to our home and enabled us to raised well-adjusted, successful kids. I bought this book as a gift for young parents b/c I think this man gives the best advice of all the guru's because it makes sense and it WORKS!!

This parent loved it 2007-09-03
As a mother about to embark upon the 2nd year of my child's life and wanting to avoid the cliched "terrible" aspect of it, I found Rosemond's book. I enjoy his column in our paper and found this book to be full of helpful advice. His sarcasm fits with my own sense of humor, and I don't believe in the path so many are taking in securing their child's self-esteem and happiness above the good of the family/your spouse, so this book was a good fit with my personal style. He really gave good, sound advice that will help me adapt my parenting with my child's development and behavior.

On another note to "A Reader" regarding day care facilities and his recommendation of the 1 to 5 ratio, I work in a licensed child care facility, and there is a state mandated ratio of 1 to 5. Child care facilities are not money-making ventures. In a perfect world it would be a 1:1 ratio, but that just can't happen. But, in most child care centers worth their stuff that one caregiver gives excellent care and attention to those 5 children. Yes, the best thing is for them to be cared for at home by a parent, but if that can't happen then we can find a wonderful child care provider who will take the best care of your child that they can. And as parents looking for child care facilities, we can heed his advice and make sure the minimum licensing requirements are met. Better yet, call your local licensing agency and find out what those are!

Excellent - back to basics 2006-12-28
I was thrilled with this book and agreed with 95% of his advice. John Rosemond removes guilt, babying, whininess, and overstimulation from the parenting equation. It freed me, as a pregnant woman, to parent in the way I instinctively would. His theories make complete sense and seem to align with a child's natural development (i.e. how can a 2 year old be reasoned with, or why should we ask a child to "please" do something, therefore giving him/her the option). There are WAY too many overly indulged children in America now - all parents, regardless of philosophy, should read this book.

Tough Love 2006-11-10
I did enjoy the book. It is very hard line and teaches parents to help their children to grow by letting them have opportunities of play without adult supervision, while making children responsible for their actions through consequences. It made me think and I highly recommend it.