The New Strong-Willed Child by James C. Dobson

In chapter 6, Dobson recommends a way of getting a child's obedience 'There is a muscle lying snugly against the base of the neck. (He draws an analogy between disciplining a dog and disciplining a child - not that, in my view, using a belt is justifiable in either case). In the first chapter he describes his love for his dachshund dog, Siggie, and his method of getting Siggie to go into his pen which involved threatening the dog with a belt. Throughout most of this book, I found it difficult to distinguish between Dobson's discipline strategy and child abuse. Dobson is married to Shirley and is the father of two grown children, Danae and Ryan, and the grandfather of Lincoln and Luci Rose.

He was elected in 2008 to the National Radio Hall of Fame, and in 2009 received the Ronald Reagan Lifetime Achievement Award.ĭr. He has also served on the Attorney General's Advisory Board on Missing and Exploited Children, the Department of Health and Human Services' Panel on Teen Pregnancy Prevention, and the Commission on Child and Family Welfare. Dobson was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the National Advisory Commission to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Heavily involved in influencing governmental policies related to the family, Dr. He is the author of more than 50 books, including The New Dare to Discipline, The New Strong-Willed Child, When God Doesn't Make Sense, Night Light, Bringing Up Boys, and the New York Times bestseller Bringing Up Girls. from the University of Southern California (1967) in the field of child development. Dobson was an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, and he served for 17 years on the attending staff of Children's Hospital Los Angeles in the Division of Child Development and Medical Genetics. James Dobson's Family Talk.Ī licensed psychologist and marriage, family, and child counselor, he is a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Dobson, Ph.D., hosts the daily radio program Dr.

The New Strong-Willed Child by James C. Dobson