20 Quotes by John Rosemond

The essence of successful discipline is not technique; rather, it is self-confidence.

What happens is that the mother spends so much time with the child that the father's role ends up being a parenting aid.

I think what's happening is we are failing to equip children with the skills that they need - the emotional skills as well as the practical skills.

Today, you see kids 5, 6, 8 throwing tantrums ... having to be dragged out of the store by their parents. Even worse, not being dragged out of the store by their parents. You folks think this is normal.

What's happening in America today is parents are emphasizing their relationship with their children instead of leadership. Anyone in leadership will tell you you cannot have a warm, fuzzy relationship with someone you're in charge of leading.

By age 3, a child has arrived to one of two conclusions: It is his job to pay attention or it his parents' job to pay attention.

The combination of foolishness in the heart and free will in the head is extremely volatile.

Invariably, micromanaging results in four problems: deceit, disloyalty, conflict, and communication problems.

Today's mom watches her every child-rearing step lest she commit some egregious and apocalyptic parenting faux pas that will certainly doom her child to a life spent sleeping under overpasses, or worse, not going to Harvard.