Building Confidence in Your Child

By: James Dobson

Narrated by: Jon Gauger

Proven ways to improve your child's self-esteem. A solid sense of self-worth helps your child make good choices, develop healthy relationships, and work to achieve his or her dreams. But what's the best way to instill self-confidence while still teaching your child to value and care about others? Based on a biblical understanding of human worth, Building Confidence in Your Child teaches you how to parent positively and help your child grow into a secure adult who is poised for success in life.

Deftly balancing the principles of humility and pride, trusted author and parenting expert Dr. James Dobson offers practical pointers that break through the theories and get right down to the decisions you have to make every day. In our emotionally toxic world, it's more important than ever to help your child develop healthy self-esteem. Let this audiobook show you how.

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Great traditional approach / short read

I like and agree with how this author explains spankings for children.
Also, this author does a wonderful job of reminding us how important psychology and sociology are in the role of development.
I also like how the traditional role of males and females are addressed, and the importance of keeping these roles defined.

too religious

there are many good hints and remarks but there is way too much about Christian upbringing and mixing of psychology with religion. Not recommending unless you dont mind that

Essential

A wonderful preparation for raising any child. I didn’t want the book to end. It is full of richness and encouragement to any parent.

More of an opinion piece - outdated

As a physician I was hoping for something more scientific. The vast majority of this text is opinion of Christianity and description of confidence in white females. The United States has changed significantly over the past 40 years and so should our outlook. The data reviewed are relatively poor examples of psychological studies. Overall concepts Still apply.

Zero stars

This book is dated and offensive. The author is quick to judge others and talk himself up. This book should come with a warning that it is for a Christian audience. I found his patriarchal and religious opinions offensive. He says "The root cause of all suffering is sin" What a perverted thing to say! I want a refund!