Understand their primary needs: Significance & SecurityĢ. How to develop your child's full potential:ġ. You can demonstrate what it means to repent, to confess, to humbly accept responsibility for your mistakes, and to ask forgiveness.' -p.14 'Let them see how you deal with failure as well as how you deal with success. Simply put, parenting requires a lot of integrity.' - p.11 'Our instructions only sink in when kids see them backed up with a character & lifestyle that's consistent with our words. Started this book with low expectations, but was pleasantly surprised at how rich (& practical) this book was. Youll also learn proven methods to teach your kids critical values like responsibility and perseverance that will help them rise above the norm.Along the way, youll discover biblical principles and practical advice that can help you raise kids who stand out from the crowd. Youll learn how you can draw closer to your kids even as the world tries to pull you apart. This hands on approach to parenting gives special hope to blended families and those in crisis. Without shying away from tough topics like discipline and teen rebellion, Chip offers thought-provoking principles and specific exercises to help you understand how to develop your childs full potential. So what are you to do? Sign your kids up for every activity and hope something sticks? Anxiously guard them from the dangers outside your door? How can a parent make the right choice? How do you raise effective kids in a defective world?Īs a pastor and father of four, Chip Ingram delivers a much more positive solution. Others, like the latest dangerous thrill-seeking fad, may keep you up at night.

Some may look pretty good to you: school, sports, music lessons. There are so many opportunities and so many dangers that confront our kids every day. Our kids are growing up in a culture that promises them fulfillment in a dizzying number of ways. I just want my kids to be happy and successful.

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