Picture respectful responsible obedient children who entertain themselves without television or video games do their own homework and have impeccable manners. A pie-in-the-sky fantasy? Not so says family psychologist and bestselling author John Rosemond. Any parent who so desires can grow children who fit that description -- happy emotionally healthy children who honor their parents and their families with good behavior and do their best in school. In the 1960s American parents stopped listening to their elders when it came to child rearing and began listening instead to professional experts. Since then raising children has become fraught with anxiety stress and frustration. The solution says John lies in raising children according to biblical principles the same principles that guided parents successfully for hundreds of years. They worked then and they still work now! Through his nationally syndicated newspaper column and eleven books John has been helping families raise happy well-behaved children for more than thirty years. In Parenting by The Book which John describes as both a mission and a ministry he brings parents back to the uncomplicated basics. Herein fi nd practical Bible-based advice that will help you be the parent you want to be with children who will be as the Bible promises a delight to your soul (Pro. 29-17). As a bonus John also promises to make you laugh along the way.