Today’s parents: intimidated by “experts.” Afraid to make moral judgments on their children’s behavior. Desperate to praise and “affirm” their children no matter what they do. Criticism? Discipline? Forget it. Exercising a guiding role in their kids’ lives? Inconceivable.

It Takes a Parent: How the Culture of Pushover Parenting Is Hurting Our Kids–and What to Do AboutIt

If you wanted a common sense, insightful guide to parenting, without the ridiculous nonsense that is passed of as sage wisdom, this is the book for you. There is nothing in this book that you didn’t already know. You will simply be reminded of why the old ways always seemed like the best, and you will read case after case of what spoiled brats the ‘enlightened methods’ of child rearing have saddled all of us with. Again, nothing that you didn’t already know from experience, but Betty Hart verbalizes for us what we always felt was right, but could never properly explain, even to ourselves. Every parent in America should be required to read this book cover to cover, for the benefit of everyone their child will come into contact with for the rest of their lives.

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