Give Your Kids the Keys: Navigating Your Child to a Personal and Substainable Faith

by Adam Stadtmiller, Karie Stadtmiller (Contributor)

Christian parents would love to connect their kids’ lives with God, but most don’t have the tools they need to make God a moment-by-moment reality in their family. In Give Your Kids the Keys, parents will find all they need to integrate God’s presence into every aspect of their family’s life! They will better understand the stages of their children’s spiritual development and be inspired by a holistic vision of their kids’ potential to connect deeply with God at any age. And once they grasp the ";big picture"; of their family’s life with God, moms and dads will discover practical ideas for fun, meaningful activities that will allow each family member to experience God’s amazing presence.

Genres: Parenting

157 pages, Paperback

First published January 12, 2011

Reviews

[Abbie Riddle · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a very interesting book. I will say this is the first book published by Gospel Light that I can't just give rave reviews on. Although I agree with living radical faith, fully relying on God; I can't agree fully with all of Mr. Stadtmiller's opinions on how to accomplish this. His over-arching goal in this book, I believe, is to encourage parents to parent without fear. I do not agree however that parenting without fear means to throw off all caution or concern when it comes to raising our children under the anthem "God has not given us a spirit of fear". As for his beliefs that public school is the best mission field - I agree. However, I do not call home school families scared parents or overly protective. I can not say that "navigating" our children through watching Twighlight or other things in the name of preparing them to be in the world is the best approach. The bible clearly charges us to RUN from certain things. This word alone would give a person the impression that you are to avoid participating in these things are becoming familiar with them lest you too fall into 'diverse temptations'. I train my children to approach the things of this world with the discernment of the scripture holding tightly to the scriptures that admonish us to study, meditate and speak about the laws of the Lord that we can each be successful in all we do and what we do. In this way I believe my children will live out radical faith without being submersed in the profane lifestyles that are prevalent in today’s society.
Thank you Gospel Light for this review book. I am ever grateful for your endeavor to print good and wholesome material. Though I do not agree fully with this author I will not say that some of the things he presents are not worth considering in light of the scriptures.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

I recently heard Adam speak about his book on parenting and was deeply convicted and challenged to rethink how I involve and raise my children to have a sustainable faith for their own, and guide and disciple them rather than trying to control them or shelter them out of fear. Although I didn't agree with everything he said, he made some great points about how we are parenting more out of fear than we are out of trust/faith in God.
Here's one of my favorite passages.
"Parents are one of the biggest challenges kids face in regard to seeking after the will of God. I say this because I have not experienced many parents who actively encourage their children to figure out what God is saying to them individually. This is like telling your kids to dig but never giving them the shovel. Children need to be given an opportunity to seek God on their own. Parents often give their children truth but fail at letting them be truth seekers. The problem is that once again, we are training our children to be dependent on our faith for their lives."

[John Richardson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, well written book on raising disciples. There were some parts that were a little over the top, but generally, his ideas about parenting were well grounded. Love the idea of helping your children listen to the voice of God.

I would recommend this book to others.