Grandma Was Right after All!

Practical Parenting Wisdom from the Good Old Days

John Rosemond

• Publisher: Tyndale Momentum
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN:
  9781496410177
• Print ISBN:
  9781496405913

Today's parents are all but completely disconnected from the commonsense parenting wisdom of their parents and grandparents. The self-esteem parenting revolution has erased the practical insights gathered by generations of parents about the best way to raise kids. In this book, John Rosemond seeks to recover this wisdom by resurrecting what parents of yesteryear tended to say. Maxims such as "because I said so," "children should be seen not heard," and "you're acting too big for your britches" are more than cute sayings for John. They are parenting principles, springing from a biblical view of the world. John makes the case that these principles from the good old days are just as valid today and will help parents to pass on values to their kids so that they can succeed at life. Grandma was right after all!

Table of contents

• Cover Image
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Epigraph
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: “Because I Said So”
• Chapter 2: “Children Should Be Seen and Not Heard”
• Chapter 3: “You Made This Bed, and Now You’re Going to Have to Lie in It”
• Chapter 4: “You Are a Little Fish in a Big Pond”
• Chapter 5: “I Knew If I Gave You Enough Rope, You’d Hang Yourself”
• Chapter 6: “You Have to Learn to Stand on Your Own Two Feet”
• Chapter 7: “You Will Have to Learn Your Lessons the Hard Way”
• Chapter 8: “Every Child Has a Mind of His Own”
• Chapter 9: “Life’s Not Fair”
• Chapter 10: “You’re Acting Too Big for Your Britches”
• Chapter 11: “Good Citizenship Begins at Home”
• Chapter 12: “Count Your Blessings”
• Chapter 13: “You Can’t Hoodoo the Hoodoo Man”
• Chapter 14: “Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees”
• Chapter 15: “I’m Only Going to Say This Once”
• Chapter 16: “Lower the Boom!”
• Chapter 17: “Snips and Snails . . . and Sugar and Spice . . .”
• Chapter 18: “If All Your Friends Jumped Off a Cliff, Would You Follow Them?”
• Chapter 19: “I’m Going to Let You Stew in Your Own Juices”
• Chapter 20: “I’m Going to Nip It in the Bud”
• Chapter 21: “Ask Them No Questions, and They’ll Tell You No Lies”
• Chapter 22: “I’m Going to Keep This Short ’n’ Sweet”
• Chapter 23: “You’re Too Smart for Your Own Good”
• Chapter 24: “Give ’em an Inch, and They’ll Want a Mile”
• Oh, and One More Thing . . .
• About the Author