AREN'T THEY LOVELY WHEN THEY'RE ASLEEP?
Lessons in unsentimental parenting
By Ann Benton. Christian Focus. 125 pages. £3.95
ISBN 1 85792 876 8
This little book is a very useful addition to the array of Christian literature on the subject of bringing up children.
It has many strengths - the main one in my view is that it is written by a British evangelical making it culturally relevant and therefore more applicable than a number of 'methodological manual' books from America which have flooded the UK market in recent years. The book is based on a series of talks the author has given on principles of parenting, so it does not contain detailed methods on how to get your child to sit still and eat his dinner and to sleep through the night ...
