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Temper Your Child's Tantrums: How Firm, Loving Discipline Will Lead to a More Peaceful Home
Does it sometimes feel like your child’s moods are controlling you? Have you ever been embarrassed in public by your kids’ behavior, but weren’t sure how to handle it? Do you long for a more calm and peaceful home, without yelling and fighting? This is the book for you! In Temper Your Child's Tantrums, parenting expert Dr. James Dobson offers the essential keys to correcting a child in a firm, loving, and understanding way.
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129 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 21, 2014
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About the author
James C. Dobson
253 books377 followersA licensed psychologist and marriage, family, and child counselor, Dr. James Dobson was a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. For 14 years Dr. Dobson was an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, and he served for 17 years on the attending staff of Children's Hospital Los Angeles in the Division of Child Development and Medical Genetics. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California (1967) in the field of child development.
He was the author of more than 50 books, including The New Dare to Discipline, The New Strong-Willed Child, When God Doesn't Make Sense, Night Light: A Devotional for Couples, Bringing Up Boys, and the New York Times bestseller Bringing Up Girls .
Heavily involved in influencing governmental policies related to the family, Dr. Dobson was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the National Advisory Commission to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. He also served on the Attorney General's Advisory Board on Missing and Exploited Children, the Department of Health and Human Services' Panel on Teen Pregnancy Prevention, and the Commission on Child and Family Welfare. He was elected in 2008 to the National Radio Hall of Fame, and in 2009 received the Ronald Reagan Lifetime Achievement Award.
He was the author of more than 50 books, including The New Dare to Discipline, The New Strong-Willed Child, When God Doesn't Make Sense, Night Light: A Devotional for Couples, Bringing Up Boys, and the New York Times bestseller Bringing Up Girls .
Heavily involved in influencing governmental policies related to the family, Dr. Dobson was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the National Advisory Commission to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. He also served on the Attorney General's Advisory Board on Missing and Exploited Children, the Department of Health and Human Services' Panel on Teen Pregnancy Prevention, and the Commission on Child and Family Welfare. He was elected in 2008 to the National Radio Hall of Fame, and in 2009 received the Ronald Reagan Lifetime Achievement Award.
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June 11, 2018In chapter one, Dr. Dobson regales us with details of how he beats his 12 pound dog with a belt when the dog refuses to do what Dr. Dobson has asked.
He spends the following chapters asserting that this is also the most appropriate and primary method to use with children, or "fat fingered tyrants," as Dobson calls them. Just grab a stick, a belt, a paint stirrer, or whatever is convenient, and make your home a more peaceful place by breaking the child's will.
Dobson assures us that this is the most effective way to get our way as adults, without the nasty business of having to converse with our tiny humans about the value of choosing right over wrong, and that anyone who disagrees with this time-honored tradition of authoritarian discipline is misguided.
In fact, readers are urged to pay no heed whatsoever to any information based on research or published by child development experts, as they might dispute Dobson's "my parents beat me with a stick and I turned out fine" approach to parenting.
My apologies for the spoilers.
He spends the following chapters asserting that this is also the most appropriate and primary method to use with children, or "fat fingered tyrants," as Dobson calls them. Just grab a stick, a belt, a paint stirrer, or whatever is convenient, and make your home a more peaceful place by breaking the child's will.
Dobson assures us that this is the most effective way to get our way as adults, without the nasty business of having to converse with our tiny humans about the value of choosing right over wrong, and that anyone who disagrees with this time-honored tradition of authoritarian discipline is misguided.
In fact, readers are urged to pay no heed whatsoever to any information based on research or published by child development experts, as they might dispute Dobson's "my parents beat me with a stick and I turned out fine" approach to parenting.
My apologies for the spoilers.
October 5, 2022
So so good. I’m convinced the negative reviews of this book are from folks purposefully trolling without reading it through - the author emphasizes over & over again a peaceful, loving, consistent approach to discipline, and makes it very clear that we are not to discipline our children in anger or with violence. The thoughtful information provided in this book is a great resource & in line with Judeo-Christian principles.
June 18, 2020
Great book for two kids under 5
Children bring a lot of joy but they bring challenges as well. Our daughter screams uncontrollably for 30 to 45 minutes at any time she is feeling neglected. Is that all it is or is there more to it? She only cries for her mom, I can provide no support. Any attempts I make only result in more screams. Is using a stick on a 3 year old an effective tool? We will be giving her the attention she needs now but hopefully this will change by age 5. The chapter on the discipline to use at different ages proved to be very helpful. Thank you, doctor, for your insight.
Children bring a lot of joy but they bring challenges as well. Our daughter screams uncontrollably for 30 to 45 minutes at any time she is feeling neglected. Is that all it is or is there more to it? She only cries for her mom, I can provide no support. Any attempts I make only result in more screams. Is using a stick on a 3 year old an effective tool? We will be giving her the attention she needs now but hopefully this will change by age 5. The chapter on the discipline to use at different ages proved to be very helpful. Thank you, doctor, for your insight.
December 31, 2024
Things I loved about this book:
- the author makes a special point to charge parents not to break their child's spirit or make the child resentful
-illustrations and stories showing how to properly discipline in a loving way
-its brevity. You could read it in an afternoon!
-the biblical, "traditional knowledge" approach to parent-child interaction
-he doesn't recommend spanking young babies or teenagers
All in all I'm excited to read more from Dr. Dobson and will recommend this book to other parents of rambunctious toddlers.
- the author makes a special point to charge parents not to break their child's spirit or make the child resentful
-illustrations and stories showing how to properly discipline in a loving way
-its brevity. You could read it in an afternoon!
-the biblical, "traditional knowledge" approach to parent-child interaction
-he doesn't recommend spanking young babies or teenagers
All in all I'm excited to read more from Dr. Dobson and will recommend this book to other parents of rambunctious toddlers.
March 17, 2021
Recommended for every parent who struggles with his/ her kid/s
Well written based on the principles of the Bible.
A good guide for parenting especially when such priceless advice is so rare these days
Well written based on the principles of the Bible.
A good guide for parenting especially when such priceless advice is so rare these days
April 23, 2018
Good, practical advice, Biblically and psychologically based. I needed to read this.
August 9, 2024
Totally Recommend!
I found this book really helpful.
As a mom of two, one very strongwilled 6 year old and a four year old who is learning his older one's ways, I feel empowered by the wisdom in this book.
It's instructive and non-judgemental.
I found this book really helpful.
As a mom of two, one very strongwilled 6 year old and a four year old who is learning his older one's ways, I feel empowered by the wisdom in this book.
It's instructive and non-judgemental.
May 23, 2022
Helped me to verify how I am raising my daughters!
July 20, 2016
Great fast read
I love how he acknowledges original sin on the side and f both parents and toddlers and uses Godly principles to teach parents how to punish effectively so as to mold the will without breaking the spirit of a strong willed child
I love how he acknowledges original sin on the side and f both parents and toddlers and uses Godly principles to teach parents how to punish effectively so as to mold the will without breaking the spirit of a strong willed child
August 21, 2016
Easy read and very empowering. I felt like I was a bad parent until I realized that some kids are just born more defiant and difficult than others (the case with my two). This helped to put things into perspective.
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