Letitia Baldrige's More Than Manners: Raising Today's Kids to Have Kind Manners and Good

By Letitia Baldrige

American families are sick of rudeness, aggression, and unruly behavior. They are searching for ways to cool down society -- and bring up kids who win at life by peaceful, compassionate, and rational... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684818752
• ISBN13: 9780684818757
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Parents Must Be Involved!

Excellent book. The best part of the book is her emphasis on parental involvement and "monkey see, monkey do". For instance, adults don't realize it but they often engage in "bad-mouthing" others (even others' children!) in front of their own children. Of course children hear this and believe another child or adult is "bad", but worse yet, begin to bad-mouth others as a way to act "more adult" and gain power in situations with their peers. It's a problem we as society have in general and the book brings up these and other rarely-thought-of topics. Highly recommended.

A Must have for parents.

This is a great resource for parents trying to rear well rounded, thoughtful children. This is one all parents need to have on the resource shelf of the home library, and it needs to be re-read every couple of years. Ms. Baldrige writes in short sections and gets the point across in a few paragraphs. It certainly gives the mind food for chewing. Thanks Ms. Baldrige for reminding us what really matters.