Hope for the Heart: Steps for Successful Parenting

Kids are a lot like kites―struggling to become airborne yet need the stability of the string. A kite is not designed to be possessively protected inside the home. Though separation is painful, God designed your role as a parent to prepare your kite for flight. But how? How can you raise well-adjusted children who are confident, happy, and follow the Lord? This Christian book shares biblical advice and Christian counseling on how to give appropriate child discipline at each age level.

June Hunt gives practical advice and Biblical wisdom on how to be a great parent. Did you know:

• God ordained roles for mothers and fathers
• The different parenting styles that lead to problems
• The proper balance between love and limits
• The process of "letting go" and allowing your child to soar
• The hope God has for hurting parents

Packed with charts, step-by-step solutions, scriptures, checklists, and simple summaries, it’s never been easier to turn Christian principles into simple parenting techniques. Enjoy a Biblical checklist for parenting that includes bullet points like:

• Regard your children
• Approach parenting goals and actions with your spouse
• Take every opportunity to teach spiritual truths
• How to effectively discipline your children
• And much more

Your child is looking to you for various needs and acknowledgements. Learn what they are and how you can be proactive in the role that the Lord has given to you. Your child is a gift from God. The most compelling behavior you can model before your child is to reflect the character of Christ. It's never too late to begin taking steps toward godly parenting.

This mini-book is a quick overview and is easy-to-understand. It focuses on the key issues and is perfect for the busy person who needs instant advice.

June Hunt, M.A. Criswell College, is a biblical counselor whose award-winning radio program "Hope for the Heart" is heard on 900 radio outlets around the world. For more than 25 years, she has counseled people, offering them hope for today's problems. June has helped many people with emotional, relational, and spiritual problems experience God's love through biblical hope and practical advice.

Early family pain was the catalyst that shaped June's compassionate heart. Later, as a youth director, she became aware of the need for sound biblical counsel. After years of teaching and research, she developed a scripturally based counseling course covering topics such as marriage and parenting, depression and anger, stress and suicide. These topics are now available as the Aspire Press "Hope for the Heart" booklets.

"Hope from the Heart" is a half-hour teaching broadcast on these important topics in more than 60 countries on 6 continents. "Hope in the Night" is June's live two-hour call-in counseling program that helps people untie their tangled problems on air. Through her warmth, wisdom, and gentle candor, June prompts penetrating dialogue with listeners, often with life-changing results.

"Hope for the Heart" booklets have been published in 27 languages in several formats and are being translated into more. June is a popular guest professor at colleges and seminaries and a sought-after speaker at conferences and religious broadcasting events. She teaches and speaks around the world on topics such as crisis counseling, child abuse, wife abuse, forgiveness, singleness, and self-worth.