John Rosemond
@JohnKRosemond
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The Bible Parenting Code is now available! Parenting Expert | Syndicated Columnist | Podcaster | Best-Selling Author | Public Speaker | Family Psychologist
Joined August 2011
The time has come, as was inevitable. I began writing my column for my local paper – @gastongazette – in 1976. In 1978, @theobserver and put it on the Knight-Ridder Wire in 1979. It's currently on @tribpub. I am told it is the longest-running syndicated column written continuously by the same individual in American newspaper history. Forty-four years, during which time I am satisfied that I’ve helped lots of folks and infuriated lots of folks. I am also satisfied that I have made mistakes but told no lies. It’s time to move on. I am not retiring – I have no such intention – but I am retiring the column. I made the decision last week, while on vacation on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. The atmosphere there was conducive to letting go of things that needed letting go of. My trusted advisors, including my manager-daughter, have pointed out that the demographic I most want to reach does not tend to suffer morning inky-finger syndrome. So, I am shifting my energy to developing a Substack and a weekly podcast, one advantage being that those outlets permit me to say what some editors will not permit me to say. Use your imagination. That’s all. It’s been a great ride. Thank you for your support of my mission, and I hope to see you on Substack: #parenting #livingwithchildren #johnrosemond
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Think you need to compromise in your marriage? Think again! Find out why strong leadership from the husband is the key to a peaceful home. #parenting
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Self-confidence, not technique, is the key to successful discipline. Without self-confidence, no technique will work. With self-confidence, little technique is necessary. #parenting
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A matter-of-fact attitude toward discipline creates a calm, relaxed atmosphere in which everyone’s “place” is clear. This allows life within a family to be simple, as it should be. #parenting
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Parents need to first draw a line between what children need and what they want; then they need to give them everything they truly need and a smattering of what they simply want. More than a smattering is overindulgence. #parenting
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A child who constantly tests limits is doing nothing more than trying to pin down parents who don’t know where they should stand. #parenting
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Authority provides direction and self-discipline to a child. Love provides meaning and a sense of belonging. Together, they provide the child with a stable, secure sense of who he is and is capable of becoming. #parenting
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Pop psychology loves to hand out excuses—but what if the real problem isn’t your mother? #parenting
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If you want your child to become a winner, then I have three old-fashioned suggestions: First, say “No” more often than you say “Yes”; second, assign him to a daily routine of chores; third, do not pay him, in any way, for doing them. #parenting
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As a parent, you will not always make the very best decisions. Nonetheless, you will almost always make better decisions than your child would make for himself. In the final analysis, the rare exceptions become irrelevant. #parenting
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Today’s parents, most of whom seem to believe childrearing is hard, have been encouraged to think too much about it. All this thinking drowns out the voice of common-sense. They think, think, think; therefore, it’s hard. #parenting
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Parents tend to exaggerate the significance of a toddler’s inevitable tantrums. Suffice it to say that when adults make mountains out of a child’s molehills, the child will learn to build molehills into mountains. #parenting
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Parents who are there to catch their children every time they fall only set them up for bigger, more catastrophic tumbles. #parenting
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My mother didn’t give me a lot of attention, yet I never doubted her love. By not becoming highly involved with me, she gave me complete permission to emancipate myself from her. She truly loved me; therefore, she was willing to let me go. #parenting
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The only way a child can develop a tolerance for frustration is to experience it in realistic measure, thereby learning to accept it and overcome it. #parenting
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From public speaking blunders to the unraveling of masculinity in modern America—this story will have you questioning EVERYTHING: #parenting
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An adult does not demonstrate power to a child by yelling or threatening. True power is calm and purposeful. In yelling or threatening, therefore, an adult admits weakness. #parenting
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