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The “Experts”by Jim Ward The reason John Rosemond is my favorite writer on childrearing is that he’s trying to write himself out of a job. He strives to convince parents that they don’t need experts telling them how to rear their children. He contends that before World War II and the following baby boom parents did a pretty good job at bringing up their children, relying on common sense and the extended family. Then the experts took over and…
“It wasn’t long before rhetoric replaced reality as the primary shaper of our childrearing practices. Nonsense replaced common sense. American families became child-centered, and American parents became permissive and democratic. Not surprisingly, American children became self-centered, self-indulgent, spoiled, sassy, and out of control….
“I’m not an expert by virtue of having obtained a graduate degree in child psychology. In fact, my formal schooling did more to hinder my ability to raise children than help it….
“Raising children is not fundamentally difficult, but the ‘experts’ made it sound difficult, and we made the mistake of believing them” (John Rosemond’s Six-Point Plan for Raising Happy, Healthy Children, pp. 1, 2, 3). Hear! Hear! |
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