Spoiled Rotten: Today's Children and How to Change Them

by Fred G. Gosman

It starts with designer diapers. It extends to extravagant birthday parties, leads to boorish behavior and plummeting grades. What is the problem here? It's what we are doing to our children by not having the smarts to set boundaries, impose rules, and give them the firm, unwavering guidance they really need.Finally, someone has written a book to help beleaguered parents take back their homes and their children. With specific tactics, unforgettable one-liners, and dead-on-target advice, Fred Gosman shows you how to:quit your job as your child's servantinstitute discipline and appropriate punishments for your misbehaving childrendeal with tantrums and threats from your childreneliminate the excesses and bad influences that make our children think life is a beachput a lid on the TV help your child do better in school.

Genres: Parenting

207 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1990

Reviews

[Tatiana Blinova · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book about traditional parenting. It should be given out at high school offices.

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Les enfants dictateurs

Un guide précieux, un outil indispensable pour une bonne éducation.

[Alenna · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was not impressed with this book at all. Most of this book is really just a rant and the "program" for discipline that is referenced in the final chapters is so vague that I doubt any parent got much useful information about this.
With that said, it was a little nostalgic to read this book (which was written in '91!) and to think how UN-spoiled I was, since I didn't have the Pound Puppies, Teddy Ruxpin, Super Mario Brothers games or many of the other 80's toys he referenced. And it also made me realize that my kids are probably not too spoiled since they don't get everything they want, they don't see their parents getting everything they want, and they do have consequences when they misbehave. Of course, there's always room for improvement... but if you're looking for solid advice, this is not the book for you.

[Maia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this before I had children. Before I was even married, actually. Now that I have just had my third child, I think i will read it again. :) I remember it being pretty funny, straightforward and being glad that I read it.

[Dena Hays]

Interesting
01/16/2022