On Becoming Preteen Wise: Parenting Your Child from Eight to Twelve Years

We particularly liked the teachings on moving toward "influence" as the child grows. No longer does the child spend most of his time at home, but outside the home - where direct control and supervision is not possible. As Christians, we also took comfort in their direction to helping our children be Godly young men.

The teenage years can be the best!


Best author of Child rearing curriculum I have found   April 5, 2003
 6 out of 7 found this review helpful

I have known many families that have raised their children accouding the principals taught by the Ezzo's and most of them have delightful children. Gary is human and I disagree with a few of his ideas, but his curriculum is the best I have found.


WARNING! DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!   April 18, 2002
 2 out of 19 found this review helpful

This book doesn't even rate a zero. IT should receive NEGATIVE stars. Amazon should pull all the Gary Ezzo books from its store. His theological background is suspect, his medical knowledge is from the Dark Ages. The American Pediatrics Association and other prominent child rearing organizations hve DENOUNCED Ezzo and his methods. His organization is FOR-PROFIT. It is very very scary that this quack can continue to spew his foul garbage at people in the name of some vague interpretation of "Christianity". The advice is mean spirited at its best, medically unsound and HARMFUL TO SMALL CHILDREN at its worst. PLEASE, turn to Dobson for true Christian values, Weissbluth for FLEXIBLE sleep training and to La Leche for VALID information on breast-feeding. Parents, please, please, please LOVE your child, don't MANAGE him with bad advice from a self promoter who has no medical training and who is too busy counting the money he's raked in to ever have bothered with becoming an ordained minister. Of course, no legitimate organized denomination would have him !