The Ten Commandments of Parenting: The Dos and Donts for Raising Great Kids

Young, Ed

ISBN 10: 080243147X / ISBN 13: 9780802431479

Published by Moody Publishers, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ten Commandments of Parenting: The Dos and Donts for Raising Great Kids
• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080243147X
• ISBN 13: 9780802431479
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 17 ounces

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Synopsis

So many parents today are dealing with wounds of their own and are passing along their dysfunction to their children. They need steadfast principles to overcome their own issues and raise children who will love, honor, and serve the Lord. In The 10 Commandments of Parenting, Ed Young gives parents solid, unwavering biblical principles to help them overcome the causes of dysfunction, and grow into being positive fathers and mothers who pass strength and wholeness to their children. Readers will be thoroughly enlightened, encouraged, and challenged to begin parenting according to biblical principles.

Reviews

Megachurch pastor and author of "The Ten Commandments of Marriage," Young uses the decalogue approach once again with this parenting manual, which seems directed to new parents or those with young children. The book is generously laced with Scripture (including the "thou shalt" and "thou shalt not" chapter titles), and its advice will be most appreciated by an evangelical Christian audience. His tone manages to be humble (he says it's a miracle that his own three sons turned out to be "solid Christian husbands and parents," given the mistakes that he made as their father), while full of biblical certainty. Most of the commandments are predictable, the stuff of hundreds of other parenting guides: be loving but firm, discipline appropriately, spend time with your children and don't be a passive parent. But Young devotes an entire chapter to the importance of teaching children about sex, a refreshingly candid approach for an evangelical pastor. The book is also extremely easy to read, with frequent subheadings and numerous anecdotes.
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