Seriously Awesome! This was the first bible study that I've done from my home. All of the mom's loved it. It gives great suggestions on how to teach basic lessons or principles to your children. There are recommendations for consequences and rewards. Scriptures to go along with each and there's even toward the end of the book, it starts suggestion ways to help you identify your gifts in your child. I highly recommend it to any mom. I've saved my book and I know that I will refer to it again.

I'd agree with other reviews that were written. I gleaned a lot of good ideas from the book and I also agree that some were a bit odd and over the top. I still found it useful and would recommend it.

This book changed how I parented. It rocked my kids' world. I recommend it to moms every chance I get.

The stories in it are funny. The ideas are crazy. But that's the point. This book gave me the freedom to bring my creativity to the table when I discipline my kids. Instead of a standard formula (say you're sorry and go sit in time out), this book recommends a whole slew of creative ideas. Now I can tailor the punishment to fit the crime, so that there are logical consequences for bad choices.

There are tons of ideas in this book. Even if not every idea seems right for your family, there are bound to be a dozen or two that will work.

My kids hid the book. Twice.

I read this book when my oldest was four, and it had some really good activities to explain the understanding and reasoning behind certain good behaviors. Some of the activities were fun, so when my middle child was four, I did the Bible Study based on this book, and we did the activities all over again. Now, that youngest child is six, we have done these activities yet a third time as a family. Only my oldest child was old enough to have remembered from before what the "punch line" was going to be, and she was good not to give it away. This must be good - and effective - if I have chosen to do it three times with my family. This does not perfect children, but it does help them to understand what they are doing. Some of the activities are as enjoyable as family games, and take about as long, so that we chose to do them over the summer, so as not to interfere with homework time.

I would also suggest Joy Berry's "Help Me Be Good" book series for children as helping to explain why we should have good behavior, and the negative, natural consequences of bad behavior.

I didn’t expect this book to be so cringy. I think a large part of it is that it was written 23 years ago and a lot of the terminology and mindsets towards parenting have shifted, even in Christian circles. She did have a few ideas that I think may be worth trying, and I do agree with her on some points. But it seemed very heavy on bribing and moralizing, emphasizing managing outward behavior more than looking at how to address deeper heart issues. Some of the things she suggests seem very manipulative and would be confusing for kids, in my opinion. Not a book I plan to give space on my shelf.

My sister-in-law actually recommended this book to me when we were discussing parenting. nThe copy I read was from the library. However, it is on my �to buy� list. While I got some ideas just through reading it, I would love to have it on the shelf to pull out and look up specific behaviors and corresponding consequences. Or even corresponding Scriptures. Lisa Whelchel does a great job of have Scriptures with most of her corrections (or rewards). And as a parent trying to raise her kiddos to love God and follow Him, I think that is important.nJeff read it too. Our biggest take-away that we�ve implement so far is the �chore jar.� You know, sometimes there isn�t a consequence that fits the crime. Or there are ongoing infractions of the same rule. That�s when they visit the chore jar to pick a chore to do. These are the chores are bigger than their weekly chores. They are the things that need to be done but we never get around to doing (i.e. cleaning all the baseboard in the house, weeding/winterizing the flower beds). So the girls get to do them. nThere is an added benefit to the chore jar. Our girls are both saving up money toward a goal. So we�ve assigned dollar values to each of the chore jar chores. Of course, if they are doing an extra chore as a discipline, they don�t get paid. however, if one of them has some extra time and wants to do an extra chore for extra money, we don�t have to think of one on the spot. They just pull from the jar.nI think this book would be a worthwhile resource for any parent � but especially for those trying to parent from a Godly worldview.nFascinating Fact: Lisa Whelchel was Blaire on the T.V. show Facts of Life.

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This book was full of great ideas for diciplining children.

In a perfect world where children respond to discipline positively all the time this book would be excellent. However in my world of 3,7,and 15... not all of these ideas work. It was not a total bust though. There were some very good general ideas that she laid out to keep in mind.

I read this years ago when I had toddlers, and it was helpful then but I remember thinking there was a lot I couldn't use til my kids got older. Well, they're older now! So I'm re-reading it, and have already gotten so much out of it! I highly recommend this to moms of little ones!

This Focus on the Family book provides a huge range of ideas on disciplining children of all ages. Using plenty of stories and including much personal experience, the author explains how different types of discipline can be used effectively, and concludes each chapter with a Toolbox of ideas.

I found it a useful book to review and I think it triggered some ideas and thoughts of my own. But I’m not sure how much I learned that would be of value. There were a lot things that I had tried, and a lot of the others involved money or treats, loss of TV time etc. which are not relevant to my situation. I think I could be more creative though, and certainly need to make more effort to relate behavior to the spiritual realm.

This fat book is *packed* with practical ideas to discipline children, outside of the typical time out or spanking. Whelchel's sense of humor lightens everything up, including the correction ideas. Most tips work best for gradeschool kids, but there are plenty of ideas for toddlers--and even some for teens--too. This is a book every Christian parent should read...repeatedly.t