Im Not Your Friend Im Your Parent Helping Your Children Set the Boundaries They Need and Really Want
Im Not Your Friend Im Your Parent Helping Your Children Set the Boundaries They Need and Really Want
Fox News host and busy mother of eight E. D. Hill offers the antidote to permissive parenting by giving parents permission to be in charge.
Instructional and conversational, I’m Not Your Friend, I’m Your Parent challenges parents to reclaim their roles, make the hard decisions, and put their children’s characters and well-being ahead of peer pressue and social status. With entertaining stories from her own family and those of others she has encountered in her profession as a journalist, E. D. tackles parental challenges:
- Manners: thank you and other common courtesies
- Discipline: tantrums and time-outs
- Money: chores and allowances
- Sportsmanship: fair vs. foul
- Clothing: fashion and dress codes
- Teenagers: structure and consequences
- Includes a special chapter on Driving, Dating, and other Death-Defying Feats along with contracts for use with teens
User Ratings and Reviews
2 Stars Skip this book
This book has some good advice for parents on how to stand our ground and set clear and definite expectations for behavior. That said, the book is not well written and is rife with Reader’s Digest-esque quotes, many of which aren’t particularly relevant to the point Ms. Hill is trying to make. In addition, some of her approaches to what makes a decent human being reinforce stereotypical gender roles and a military state mentality. I would not want our children to grow up to be like her and I don’t approve of her elitist and bigoted attitudes.
5 Stars A must-read for all parents!
I loved this books. It’s jam-packed with practical tips, common sense advise, and wonderful quotes. I agree with another reviewer: it’s time more parents learn how to be parents! Kudos to Ms. Hill for writing a book with such a great message and hope for parents.
5 Stars Joe from Wantagh
E.D. Hill hits the mark with this book. Every parent should be reading this book. It’s a basic, common sense book on child rearing. Ms. Hill has a great sense of real values, this book is not for the politically correct, liberal minded, my kid can do anything they want crowd. This book is for parents who want to teach their children real values and a good work ethic.
Good job E.D.
Joe
5 Stars INSIGHTFUL
DEFINITELY RECOMMEND TO ALL PARENTS. IT’S ABOUT TIME PARENTS TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY AND STOP BEING FRIENDS TO THEIR CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY TEENS!!!
4 Stars Needed book
Good read. Slowed down in value towards the end, but should be required reading for all of today’s parents with children aged 5 to 20. If all the suggestions offered were followed we’d have have token misbehaving offspring.
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