On Becoming Pre-Toddlerwise ; On Becoming Pottywise for Toddlers ; On Becoming Toddlerwise by Gary Ezzo & M.A. & Robert Bucknam & M.D.

On Becoming Pre-Toddlerwise ; On Becoming Pottywise for Toddlers ; On Becoming Toddlerwise (Three-Volume Set of On Becoming Parenting Guides)

The Pre-Toddlerwise, Pottywise and Toddlerwise Parenting Guides by Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam, Offered Together as a Set

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: On Becoming Pre-Toddlerwise ; On Becoming Pottywise for Toddlers ; On Becoming Toddlerwise: From Babyhood to Toddlerhood (Parenting Your Twelve to Eighteen Month Old) ; A developmental readiness approach to potty training ; Parenting the First Childhood Eighteen to Thirty-Six Months
• Authors: Gary Ezzo & M.A. & Robert Bucknam & M.D.
• Publisher: Parent-Wise Solutions, Inc., Mt. Pleasant, SC (Toddlerwise and Pottywise); Louisiana, MO (Pretoddlerwise)
• Publication Date: 2008
• ISBN-13: 9781932740110
• ISBN-10: 1932740147
• Edition Details: Set of three softcover volumes in the On Becoming series, offered together as one lot.
• Binding: Publisher's illustrated card wrappers with decorative paper-effect borders, one each in peach, pink and brown, with titled spines and the PWS imprint.
• Physical Format: Three slim softcover volumes, apparently medium softcover format. With illustrations in the Pottywise volume by Cynthia Gardner.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Good (G)
• Exterior / Wraps: The card wrappers of all three volumes are clean and bright, with no obvious tears. The Pre-Toddlerwise copy shows slight edge wear at the lower fore-edge. The spines are legible and straight. Overall the set presents as Good to Very Good (G to VG).
• Interior: The pages are clean and lightly toned, and the bindings are tight. The Pre-Toddlerwise title page carries faint marks near the fore-edge, and the Toddlerwise volume has a small nick at the top edge. There is no writing in any volume.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

This set brings together three volumes of the On Becoming series by Gary Ezzo and Dr Robert Bucknam, covering the early childhood years in sequence. On Becoming Pre-Toddlerwise addresses the period from babyhood to toddlerhood, parenting a child of twelve to eighteen months. On Becoming Pottywise for Toddlers presents a developmental readiness approach to potty training. On Becoming Toddlerwise covers the first childhood, from eighteen to thirty-six months.

The On Becoming books grew out of the Babywise series, which set out a structured, parent-led approach to raising children within a Christian framework. The series sold widely and drew both devoted followers and public criticism, and it remains a much-discussed part of late twentieth and early twenty-first century parenting literature.

Offered together as a complete three-volume run, the set suits readers interested in the history of popular parenting advice, as well as parents and families who wish to read the series as the authors intended.

Author Profile: Gary Ezzo & Robert Bucknam

Gary Ezzo is an American author known for his writing on child rearing and family life within a Christian framework. He and his wife Anne Marie began teaching parenting classes at Grace Community Church in 1984, and he received a Master of Arts degree emphasising Christian Education from Talbot in 1985. His other titles include On Becoming Childwise, and the series began with On Becoming Baby Wise in 1993.

Co-author Robert Bucknam is a paediatrician who collaborated with Ezzo on the On Becoming Baby Wise book and the volumes that followed.