Be the Best Mom You Can Be: A Practical Guide to Raising Whole Children in a Broken Generation - Hardcover

Slayton, Marina; Slayton, Gregory W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718022149 ISBN 13: 9780718022143

Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc, 2015

Synopsis

What if you could sit down with a wise, experienced mom--someone who has dealt with her child being bullied, who has seen the impact of permissiveness, who has been forced to depend on God for every single day, and still talks with grace and compassion?

Through many years of tested faith, and her close walk with God, Marina Slayton has written this amazing book to help guide mothers through today's often times impossible expectations. In her book, Marina will help you to write a life-changing family vision statement, break the cycle of generational sin, and explain why you don't have to measure up to many of the difficult expectations society has created. With every move across the country, every illness she's struggled through, Marina knows more in heart, as to what it truly means to rely on the only trustworthy source of life. What is the source to being a good mother, and the strength to go through life's hardships? Quite simply, Jesus Christ.

About this title

About the Author

MARINA SLAYTON graduated from Amherst College and completed dual master's degrees at Columbia University. Before she became a mom, she taught at various universities and was the director of a number of adult literacy programs in New England. She was appointed to the Massachusetts Task Force on the Working Poor by Governor Dukakis.
 
GREGORY SLAYTON graduated with honors from Dartmouth College and Harvard Business School and earned a master's degree in Asian Studies as a US Fulbright Scholar. He is also the best-selling author of Be a Better Dad Today: Ten Tools Every Father Needs, which has sold more than 150,000 copies worldwide.
 
The Slaytons have been married for more than twenty-five years and have four children, ages fourteen to twenty-five. They divide their time between Greater China and North America. The Slaytons are donating all royalties from the book to pro-family charities throughout the world, including the Fellowship of Fathers Foundation.

From the Back Cover

Marina Slayton has spent the past thirty years as a mother raising four kids. From California to Bermuda, from public school to homeschool, Marina has been there, and she's not afraid to share her mistakes, epiphanies, and practical ideas. But she doesn't stop there. In this incredible book that Marina authored together with her husband Gregory, Marina demonstrates how the power of God's Word, and the work of the Holy Spirit can give direction and freedom to parents who need it most. In this practical book for mothers, you will gain a deeper understanding of what it really means to Be The Best Mom You Can Be.

From the Inside Flap

In an age when brokenness abounds and cultural voices only add to the confusion, Godly mothers have never been more crucial. Many parents--and children--feel lost amidst the decaying family values in the culture, and the ever increasing amount of "best" parenting practices in the market place of ideas. With all of these issues and struggles being raised in today's modern family, some questions are raised by many mothers:

How can we avoid the pitfalls of a secular culture?
How do we raise children who are healthy emotionally and spiritually?
What if we're doing it wrong?

Many mothers can agree, that wise counsel from a friendly corner is desperately needed. And Marina Slayton is here to do just that, sharing her experiences, her struggles, and her faith as she walked with God through it all.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718022149
• ISBN 13: 9780718022143
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 243