Family Ministries Resources by the Bradleys – Have you used them?

We love the Bradleys and have been blessed by their ministry for years! We have both Child Training Tips & Influencing Children’s Heart – both are excellent. Also loved their Parenting Teens CD’s. One of my all time favorites is Bev Bradleys “Loving and teaching the difficult child”; Also, “Becoming your Husbands Helpmate”. Blessings, Heather

Someone gave me “Child Training Tips” when I had my first. To me, it was a lot like the Pearl’s “To Train up a Child.” I can’t recommend either of them.

But Bradley a homeschool article out a few years ago that was really good.

To my understanding, the authors have changed their perspective over the years, so older stuff is probably more Pearl-like and newer stuff more gracious.

I also agree with csmamma. I have read alot of different material on child rearing and I think every family and every child is different. Some can be breaking and some can be a blessing. I have the family tips and I have some of the older material of the Bradleys on tape. I agree it is much like the pearls. They no longer sell the older tapes because they have even said they have changed their veiws of what they have believed years earlier.  I do like their advice.  However, I do take into consideration my family’s needs and someone giving advice. I like the ted tripp’s advice to. I don’t always agree with either on particular subjects.  “I think you have to eat the meat and spit out the bones.”  Taking what applies and what doesn’t and get rid of the rest.  Just because someone says they have the answers to a particular problem doesn’t mean it applies to everyone. I love to read parenting books. I thought at one time I was going to go insane if I didn’t find out what made my son tick and how to fix what was going on.   So I read just about every book out there. Everything from “Love and Logic”  to the pearls. I have even taken some of their seminars.  Some things they said,  Worked and some didn’t.  I just learned to work with the things that did.  Throwing out the things that didn’t.  I should probably right a book myself… LOL    I do like the reasoning of the pearls why their concepts work.  Their reasoning why modern day “Don’t spank the child doesn’t work.”  It does make sense.  I have a strong willed child.  Other things don’t always work with him.  I do other things but when it comes to his bullying he just won’t stop unless I correct him in this way. I have tried everything else. He will just keep bullying long after his time out is over. Or he will go back and leave off right where he was and be worse because he doesn’t feel it was his fault he got into trouble.  I know there are some out there that don’t beleive this way but I know they have not had a child as stubborn as mine.  That is fine because there was a reason G-d gave him to me. He knew he needed a Mama that would do anything to make sure he would succeed and not be scared to try something new. 🙂  All the books will give you great advice.  You will pick up things that work for you and things that don’t.  You don’t have to believe all of it.  Or maybe it all works for you and you can beleive all of it. I sure would love not to correct my child.  However, that isn’t realistic.  G-d also tells us not to spare the rod. So, with that you just have to find out what your childs needs are and why they do what they do. If they go back to it and don’t have remorse then something you are doing isn’t working. I wish you much luck and happy reading!

      Remember to…  ” Chew the meat and spit out the bones!”

behanna-  I like that one.  Never heard of that one, but I like!