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The Well-Behaved Child : Discipline That Really Works!
John Rosemond · 2019
🎙 Narrated by Chris Sorensen (Tantor Media)
60/100
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Rosemond draws on decades of clinical practice for a traditional, authority-first discipline approach that some parents — especially those wanting a structured, faith-adjacent framework — will genuinely value. But the reception is mixed: he flatly rejects popular tools like time-outs and rewards, and plenty of reviewers find his tone sarcastic or overly critical rather than persuasive. Chris Sorensen's blunt, no-nonsense narration matches the book's attitude, but the content itself is divisive enough to land just below the bar.
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🎙 Narration: fine Chris Sorensen's brisk, no-nonsense delivery matches the book's blunt advisory tone.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety78
Substance / usefulness68
Craft & writing62
Originality52
Evidence & accuracy55
Hype vs delivers55
Age-fit75
Human-eye read58
Penny’s verdict60
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