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I'm Not Your Friend, I'm Your Parent: Helping Your Children Set the Boundaries They Need...and Really Want

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Author: E. D. Hill
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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Sales Rank: 19939

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 1

ISBN: 0785228101
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.64
EAN: 9780785228103
ASIN: 0785228101

Publication Date: September 2, 2008
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description

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

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

A Must Read For Parents September 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Anyone who is a parent of children from toddlers to teens should read this book.

It is full of solid advice on a wide range of topics including: manners, discipline, sportsmanship, dress code, and more. The author is the mother of eight and a TV news journalist. Her children cover a wide range of ages. She offers practical suggestions for instilling boundaries and good behavior.

The section on manners alone would be plenty of reason to buy several copies of this and give it as gifts to parents. There is lots of great stuff beyond that as well. One part that I think is particularly good is the one on allowances. Not only does Ms. Hill help parents with good ideas on money issues, she also reveals some excellent resources that will help with tracking and paying out allowances based upon completed chores, etc.

Two other particularly outstanding suggestions include model contracts for home rules and driving.

This is a great book for any parent. Buy it, read it, and use her ideas!

5 out of 5 stars

Incredible read, a must for parents September 20, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I purchased this book so I could give it to parents. I am a great grandparent, very interested in young families.
Oh, how I wish I had had this available 45 years ago. It was such an interesting read as well as very fundamental. I found myself staying up till very late at night reading because I had to see what she had to say next.
I feel that this is one of the 21st century problems with families. Parents are letting the children run the family because they want to be their friends.
I recommend this book to every parent with children.

4 out of 5 stars

Real Mom September 8, 2008
17 out of 17 found this review helpful

I have read book after book about kids and parenting, but I love this one the most. I could go on and on how much I loved it...

E.D. Hill is straight forwarded and I think some people would even reject her parenting, NOT ME! It's time more parents learn how to be parents.

I have been somewhat of a permissive parent. Now I have so many tools to help raise my 8 and 9 years. Yes...I'm weak at times and that's ok we are not all PERFECT!

My children saw me reading this book and my daughter called it the manners book. Then my son said that he knew he was in for some changes after just reading the title. We made charts for chores, a chart for sportmanship and manners. They are all over the refrigerator. So far...so Good! Thank you Mrs. Hill! I would love more...write another book.

My husband recommended. He saw it advertised on TV. He knows E.D. Hill from the news.

I am going to buy this book for several people this Christmas!