Laying Down the Law

by Ruth Peters

Laying Down the Law presents 25 no-nonsense rules that teach your kids values and discipline from the inside out NBC Today show expert Dr. Ruth Peters shares her best and newest advice for helping families restore order and keep the peace with proven, painless methods that once and for all get your children * Understand and follow your family's values
* Do their work when and how YOU want it done-- without whining
* Follow your rules, even when their friends don't
* Develop compassion and empathy Now, you'll * When snooping in their rooms is okay-- and how to do it
* When making peace is the WORST thing you can do
* The 5 questions you must ask your teenager every time he leaves the house
* Why your kids should earn their privileges-- and how to get them to

Genres: Parenting

246 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2002

Reviews

[Agnieszka Neumann · Rating 3 out of 5]

It says " 25 laws of parenting" but while reading some chapters I had a feeling that the advices for parenting are constantly repeating. So in some chapters instead of learning something new, I was reading the same advice like in previous ones. However some advices are good.

[M · Rating 4 out of 5]

As of this entry I have four kids ranging from 32 to 12. I don't know why I just read this book, but should have read it when it was first published. It would have saved me a bunch of grief!!

[Crystal · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had some good suggestions. I think most of these rules are pretty common sense and tended to be things that I already do. Informative but not life changing.

[Sarah Moore · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh, some bits are helpful. Some are clearly insane.