Spiritual Parenting: A Guide to Understanding and Nurturing the Heart of Your Child

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In their characteristically warm style, the Prathers offer a book of principles and practices that parents can use to understand and nurture their children at home, at school, and in the world. While a belief in God isn't necessary to understand and apply this approach, parents are encouraged to learn how to focus on the spiritual aspects of child care amid the bewildering everyday complexities involved in guiding children toward adulthood. With humor and realism, the Prathers tell stories and anecdotes about ...
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In their characteristically warm style, the Prathers offer a book of principles and practices that parents can use to understand and nurture their children at home, at school, and in the world. While a belief in God isn't necessary to understand and apply this approach, parents are encouraged to learn how to focus on the spiritual aspects of child care amid the bewildering everyday complexities involved in guiding children toward adulthood. With humor and realism, the Prathers tell stories and anecdotes about their own children and the children of families they have counseled to help today's parents break through conflicting ideas, emotions, and impasses. Through Spiritual Parenting, they will learn how to cherish and enjoy their children at all stages of their growth.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780517888315
  • Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 4/1/1997
  • Edition description: REPRINT
  • Pages: 292
  • Product dimensions: 5.21 (w) x 8.00 (h) x 0.70 (d)

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Hugh and Gayle Prather are the authors of eleven books, including Notes to Myself  (which has more than five million copies in print), Notes on Love and Courage, and A Book for Couples. The Prathers live in Tucson, Arizona, where they are resident ministers at St. Francis in the Foothills Methodist Church. Their greatest happiness is their three sons.
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Dear Guardian of a Child of God 1
1 The Innocent Vision 17
2 What are Parents For? 55
3 Meeting Your Needs 79
4 What are Children For? 100
5 What Do You Do When ...? 113
6 The Parent-Child Balance 128
7 Are Kids Manipulative? 157
8 Adolescents and Fear 169
9 How to Live with Kids Who Aren't Afraid of You 191
10 Cultural Assumptions about Adolescents' Needs 209
My Child, You Are Always With Me, and All I Have Is Yours 285
Endnotes 289
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