Home Improvement: 8 Tools For Effective Parenting

How can I be consistent when I'm parenting under pressure and I've got to get out the door? How can I help my children change their hearts and not just their behavior? What can I do about the lingering tension we face in our family after times of discipline? These are great questions that linger in the thoughts of parents and that are answered by Home Improvement.

The authors, founders of the National Center for Biblical Parenting, give special attention to anger management in children, how to develop rules that teach life lessons, and even provide a strategy for tailoring a character development plan specifically for your own unique and special child. You'll want to read this book over and over again as your children continue to grow and develop. It's packed with illustrations and applications for children of all ages.

Joanne miller, RN, BSN, and her husband Ed, have two boys, Dave and Tim. Joanne has been a pediatric nurse since 1985 and is presently working at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. She is an author and public speaker, and her parenting ideas have helped many families over the years. She is the cofounder of the National Center for Biblical Parenting and works with Dr. Scott Turansky to teach parenting classes and to counsel with families.

Scott Turansky, D.Min., and his wife, Carrie, have five children. Dr. Turansky directed a preschool for eight years and is presently a counselor and seminar speaker and lives in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Scott is the cofounder of the National Center for Biblical Parenting and the pastor of Calvary Chapel of Mercer County.