The Mother at Home

This book was wonderful. Very practical and thought provoking . I intend to reread it. So many examples and I really appreciate that aspect of this book. So many parenting books today don't take this approach. And I found it to be very helpful in grasping the point and also in how and if that would be effective in my own family. Would highly recommend to all.

I was dissapointed to see how all the statements in the book were based on: "this is what happens to so and so, therefore, this is what will happen always". I think overall is a good book with good advises, because is based in christian moral, but it fail in sustain their claims with the Bible.

What a wonderfully encouraging book. I want to buy tons of copies and give them away to all the moms - and future moms - that I can!I find it so funny that the behaviors of children that Mr. Abbott addressed more than a hundred and fifty years ago are the same today :) Because of the date of writing (1833) I expected, initially, that the author would suggest discipline that would be more extreme than what our culture/church teaches today but, remarkably, his writing quite clearly expresses a strong desire for mothers to press in to capturing their children's hearts in order to lead them gently and firmly to Christ.A wonderfully refreshing - and timeless - book for moms.

This is an informative, convicting read. I highly recommend this book to any and every mother and will be reading this over and over again.

This book is so different from any other mothering advice you'll get today. Written a few hundred years ago, in the author's world a child's life really did depend on their obedience! (i.e. if the child disobeyed and refused to take their medicine, they really would have died. today, the consequences aren't always as severe) Its good to be reminded that teaching obedience is an important part of raising a child, and even if the child's life might not be in jeopardy, the quality of their life and character is still very dependent on learning to obey.