By Linda Dela Cruz

Parents can get some pointers on child-rearing from prolific author and former family psychologist John Rosemond, who will be in Hawaii next week to share his knowledge.

His first talk, “Assuming the Power of Parenthood,"is scheduled for 7 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at Hope Chapel Kapolei in Kalaeloa.

Rosemond’s visit is sponsored by Stand Up For America, an educational non-profit organization co-founded by state Sen.Mike Gabbard and daughter Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo.

“I like Mr. Rosemond’s down-to-earth, old-school, common-sense approach to parenting,” explained the senator,who with his wife,Carol, has five children. “(Rosemond) helps parents raise kids who are respectful,responsible and resourceful. Besides being an entertaining speaker with an international reputation,he’s performing a great service to families, teachers, the children and our society in general.”

Of Rosemond’s 12 parenting books, Gabbard has read Because I Said So! and A Family of Value.

According to Gabbard, in A Family of Value Rosemond says the culture of the United States is changing partly because children have been raised to think they’re the center of the universe, therefore growing up to be disrespectful to authority, and feeling entitled to things without earning them. These changes in attitudes are manifest in the workplace, in schools and in families.

Gabbard said Rosemond can help Hawaii’s families retrieve the once-cherished but now discredited values that made this country great.

Rosemond’s repertoire of literary works span various areas of parenting with titles like To Spank or Not to Spank, Making the ‘Terrible’ Two’s Terrific! and Teen-Proofing: Fostering Responsible Decision Making in Your Teenager. Other works include Parenting by the Book: Biblical Wisdom for Raising Your Child; The New Six Point Plan for Raising Happy, Healthy Children; and John Rosemond’s New Parent Power!. He also wrote Family Building: The Five Fundamentals of Effective Parenting and Ending the Homework Hassle.

Rosemond has three speeches scheduled Nov. 8. He speaks to Outrigger Hotels employees at 11 a.m. followed by a session primarily for teachers at 4 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church at Koolau Golf Course. The final presentation, “Parenting the Strong-Willed Child,” is at 7 p.m. at Koolau Golf Course.

For fees and more information, visit standupforamerica.net, call 682-0676 or e-mail mike@mikegabbard.com