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  • Written by: James C. Dobson
  • Narrated by: John Fuller
  • Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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The New Strong-Willed Child

Written by: James C. Dobson
Narrated by: John Fuller
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Dr. James Dobson has completely rewritten, updated, and expanded his classic best seller The Strong-Willed Child for a new generation of parents and teachers. The New Strong-Willed Child follows on the heels of Dr. Dobson's phenomenal best seller Bringing Up Boys. It offers practical how-to advice on raising difficult-to-handle children and incorporates the latest research with Dr. Dobson's legendary wit and wisdom.

The New Strong-Willed Child is for parents needing help dealing with sibling rivalry, ADHD, low self-esteem, and other important issues. This audiobook is a must-listen for parents and teachers struggling to raise and teach children who are convinced they should be able to live by their own rules!

©2004 James C. Dobson, Inc. (P)2004 Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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very insightful!

Great insight into my strong willed baby. it made me realize how much we have to learn to give our child the best chance at being able to use that strong will for God when appropriate. I also love how well he defines spankings and talks about the guidelines and limits and such. highly recommend!

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  • TYM
  • 2021-09-27

Good encouragement and great examples

Sometimes with a strong willed child parents can be left feeling alone when parents of compliant children do not understand the struggle. I love how Dobson offers great sound advice both classic and for the current times backed by experience, research, and biblical scripture. Dr Dobson gives great examples and answers many of the criticism around spanking children. He stresses the importance of loving discipline and a balanced and control approach to our discipline to ensure our kids always know that we love them. I like how there are balanced examples for all the age ranges from toddler to teenage and in between. Definitely a keeper to read (listen to) over and over.

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Outils concret pour élever nos enfants

Merci pour cet ouvrage qui nous outillent et nous encourage dans cette journée avec nos enfants.

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Applicable, relatable, practical and encouraging!

I was very touched to read this book and know I was not alone, and there are parents who have walked this path, followed these guidelines and their kids have turned out great. It has been handy to have these tools in my pocket as I continue on this journey for the next 15years. This book was well written, easy to listen to, encouraging, and practical.

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Very good read,

I look forward to implementing this with my strong willed boy, was a very good read

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  • Ken
  • 2018-12-14

Absolutely the worst parenting book.

I am a Christian father and this book made me sick. This is not what God has called us to be as parents. We are not supposed to be intimidating parents who make our kids fear us. This was not how Christ showed us to behave.

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Promotes spanking

Dated views of how to discipline children disguised as science. If you want your child to behave you need to pray lots!

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