Spoiled Rotten: Today's Children and How to Change Them

by Fred G. Gosman

Book Overview

It starts with designer diapers. It extends to extravagant birthday parties, leads to boorish behavior and plummeting grades. What is the problem here? It's what we are doing to our children by not... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679410368
• ISBN13: 9780679410362
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Villard Books
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Brandon from Creston

This is about two friends and Andy is the one who is spoiled by his mom and Scott is the one who is the younger brother in his family. The book is funny sometimes and not funny other times. If you read this book you will find some funny humor. I would recommend this book for beginners in reading.

excellent ideas stemming from concern-with a touch of humor!

Regardless of what ONE reader suggests, this is a very enlightening book. The author is frustrated with the results our children have become, due to our "spoiling" of them. However, he is not hostile, he is merely concerned. He states up-front that he is not a "professional", but that he is a parent, which I feel is more credible anyway! He shares examples of spoiled children and offers solutions, so that our children may become the responsible, moral, and self-sufficient adults that we all want them to be. I am also a parent and have read dozens of parenting type books. This one is realistic and blunt and offers hope to us parents who only want the best for our children. Mr. Gosman shows us that we can discipline AND "spoil", but that one without the other is futile.

This is a MUST READ book for anyone related to children

the person that hated this book is NUTS! I think it probably hit home for them and they couldn't handle it. I would suspect they have kids that are out of control. Many of the ideas hit home with me too, but instead of bashing the author, I realized what a big mistake I've made with my own kids by giving in to their every whim. Kids need to learn to respect adults and have discipline in their life again. This guy made every other book I have ever read on child rearing obsolete. No, he's not a professional...he is a CONCERNED PARENT. This is much better than all the corny stuff professionals that don't have kids babble on and on about. I NEVER got the idea that the author hates kids. Never was he hostile. Yes, some of the ideas are out of the 50's, but do our kids really need every toy, every outfit and everything that kids in the 90's get today. This guy doesn't just bring up problems, he gives good solid, LOVING AND REALISTIC advice on how to take care of the problem. The book is very well written. I read it in one day, I couldn't put it down.

Excellent work on dealing with materialistic children

Gosman's work speaks to the issue of materialistic children in today's world. Through anecdotes and well thought suggestions he presents a good case for a return to more traditional family values and encourages parents to again rmember how to say "no" and how to find their self esteem from other sources than their children. As a conservative thaerapist I highly recommend it.