{"id":21898,"date":"2014-04-02T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=21898"},"modified":"2014-03-20T09:24:23","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T14:24:23","slug":"raising-the-perfect-child-through-guilt-and-manipulation-by-elizabeth-beckwith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/raising-the-perfect-child-through-guilt-and-manipulation-by-elizabeth-beckwith\/","title":{"rendered":"Raising the Perfect Child Through Guilt and Manipulation by Elizabeth Beckwith"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"raising2\"<\/a>If you\u2019re not a fan of traditional parenting books (or even if you are) you might want to check out Elizabeth Beckwith\u2019s Raising the Perfect Child Through Guilt and Manipulation<\/i><\/strong><\/a>. This book is laugh-out-loud funny and with chapters such as \u201cHow to Scare the Crap out of Your Child (in a Positive Way)\u201d, and \u201cMind Control: Why it\u2019s a Good Thing\u201d Elizabeth Beckwith offers a new spin on the traditional parenting books.<\/p>\n

Despite the title, Ms. Beckwith has some pretty sound advice to offer. For example, \u201cspeak loudly and disparagingly of people who do bad things\u201d. See a guy speed through a parking lot? Make sure you tell your kid what a moron that guy is, and that that\u2019s how people die. As Ms. Beckwith says \u201cit\u2019s always good to sprinkle the fear of death into these lessons whenever possible\u201d.<\/p>\n

This method lets you pepper lessons into daily life rather than having sit-down conversations about topics such as drugs or smoking. See a scantily-clad woman on the street? Make sure you mention that she looks like a hooker. This not only shows your daughter that it\u2019s not ok with you to dress this way, but it also sends the message to your son that this is NOT the kind of girl you bring home.<\/p>\n

Each lesson is illustrated with colorful stories from the author\u2019s own childhood. So whether you\u2019re looking for parenting advice or just want a great memoir to read Raising the Perfect Child through Guilt and Manipulation<\/i><\/strong><\/a> is definitely worth checking out, as long as you don\u2019t mind a little colorful language.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re not a fan of traditional parenting books (or even if you are) you might want to check out Elizabeth Beckwith\u2019s Raising the Perfect Child Through Guilt and Manipulation. This book is laugh-out-loud funny and with chapters such as \u201cHow to Scare the Crap out of Your Child (in[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[165,2463,2616],"class_list":["post-21898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-humor","tag-parenting","tag-raising-children"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-5Hc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21898"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21904,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21898\/revisions\/21904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}