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Customized Parenting in a Trending World
Customized Parenting in a Trending World challenges cultural norms and helps you customize your parenting so your children can thrive. A father and daughter duo offer engaging and thought provoking content from both sides of the equation.
288 pages, ebook
First published September 1, 2013
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About the author
Richard Blackaby
110 books26 followersRichard is the president of Blackaby Ministries International where he works with his father Henry, brother Tom, and other family members to help people experience God. Richard speaks internationally, working especially with leaders of churches, organizations, companies, and families.
Richard earned a B.A. in history from the University of Saskatchewan. He has an M.Div and Ph.D. in church history from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and an honorary doctorate from Dallas Baptist University.
Richard served as a senior pastor at Friendship Baptist Church in Winnipeg, and then as the president of the Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary in Cochrane, Alberta Canada for 13 years. He continues to serve as the seminary’s Chancellor.
He has authored and co-authored over 30 books.
Richard earned a B.A. in history from the University of Saskatchewan. He has an M.Div and Ph.D. in church history from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and an honorary doctorate from Dallas Baptist University.
Richard served as a senior pastor at Friendship Baptist Church in Winnipeg, and then as the president of the Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary in Cochrane, Alberta Canada for 13 years. He continues to serve as the seminary’s Chancellor.
He has authored and co-authored over 30 books.
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April 26, 2015
I received a copy of this book in a GoodReads First Reads drawing
While this book won't win any literary awards, and I don't love the two-voice first-person style, I really am enjoying their perspectives and advice.
Parenting advice from a father-daughter team of pro-homeschooling Christians. The chapters follow a similar format and each chapter ends with discussion questions. This book is written in the annoying two-voice first-person style where they have to clarify which "I" (Carrie or Richard) is speaking, but they do a better job than JimBob and Michelle Duggar in their books, so that's something.
I actually like this book quite a lot, and it's written at a fairly low level (think Crystal Paine), so it's not hard to understand, but it suffers from not being extremely quotable. The book is peppered with anecdotes and vignettes, and I laughed in familiarity at several.
Their main idea is that parenting is the job of the PARENTS, not other educators or peers. That parents have the job of guiding and shepherding their kids in the right directions, and teaching them how to think. A lot of times this means bucking conventional wisdom or reconsidering conventional Christian wisdom. For example, they talk about mirth and hospitality and how its' a good thing to have parties and experience joy. And how not to force responsibility on children too soon without also coddling them.
While this book won't win any literary awards, and I don't love the two-voice first-person style, I really am enjoying their perspectives and advice.
Parenting advice from a father-daughter team of pro-homeschooling Christians. The chapters follow a similar format and each chapter ends with discussion questions. This book is written in the annoying two-voice first-person style where they have to clarify which "I" (Carrie or Richard) is speaking, but they do a better job than JimBob and Michelle Duggar in their books, so that's something.
I actually like this book quite a lot, and it's written at a fairly low level (think Crystal Paine), so it's not hard to understand, but it suffers from not being extremely quotable. The book is peppered with anecdotes and vignettes, and I laughed in familiarity at several.
Their main idea is that parenting is the job of the PARENTS, not other educators or peers. That parents have the job of guiding and shepherding their kids in the right directions, and teaching them how to think. A lot of times this means bucking conventional wisdom or reconsidering conventional Christian wisdom. For example, they talk about mirth and hospitality and how its' a good thing to have parties and experience joy. And how not to force responsibility on children too soon without also coddling them.
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