Free to Parent: Escape Parenting Traps and Liberate Your Child's Spirit

Do you feel trapped as a parent—weighted down by parenting advice and discipline strategies that do little to help you nurture your child’s soul or grow your kid's heart? Many parents do! After spending years serving parents as educators, counselors, and authors, Ellen Schuknecht and Erin MacPherson realized that maybe—just maybe—parents can escape the trap of lifeless, rules-driven parenting to joyfully grow and nurture their children’s hearts by teaching their kids to truly desire what is right instead of just follow a list of rules to avoid consequences. By pursuing true heart-to-heart connection over parental control and rules and letting go of the expected discipline solutions to instead focus on growth, forgiveness, and relationships, parents allowing joy and hope to nurture their children’s spirits.Sounds good, doesn't it? Through simple strategies and practical advice, Ellen and Erin show you how to replace control with connection, replace complacency with growth, replace fear with faith, and replace hopelessness with the hope that can only come from the God of love.

Ellen Schuknecht has been working as an educator for more than 35 years, with experience ranging from early childhood education, to high school advising, to family ministries counseling. Her heart is to minister to young families in a way that's real, doable and helps them find true joy in their life stage. She has been married to Glen for almost 40 years and lives nearby her three grown children and her ten grandchildren. She blogs at www.familywings.org Erin MacPherson is a busy mom of three who wants to come beside her readers not only as a confidante and Christian sister, but also as a friend who understands what it's like to juggle kids, life and a much-too-messy house. She has written five books, including The Christian Mama's Guide series (Harper Collins, 2013), and contributed to many more. Additionally, her work can be seen in a large variety of publications including Daily Guideposts, Nickelodeon, WeAreTeachers, Thriving Family Magazine, MomSense Magazine and more. She blogs at www.christianmamasguide.com.