James Dobson writes Christian family and parenting books about discipline, marriage, adolescence and the pressures surrounding family life. Dare to Discipline presents his approach to parental authority and boundaries, while The Strong-Willed Child concentrates on children whose behaviour frequently challenges rules and adult expectations. Bringing Up Boys and Bringing Up Girls discuss child development through a strongly evangelical Christian and gender-traditional framework. Dobson's books are direct and prescriptive, combining anecdotes, moral argument and practical advice rather than neutral summaries of child-development research. They fit Christian parenting, conservative family guidance and marriage or child-rearing self-help, and readers should expect explicitly religious assumptions to shape both the problems discussed and the solutions proposed. Read more Less