This was a good parenting book. Catherine Hickem is blunt in her assertion that how we parent our children matters immensely. We need to be intentional parents, not just skating through parenting (as if that were ever possible, ha) and hoping that somehow in the end our kids will turn out alright. She specifically writes to mothers, although I believe the book and principles in it would be helpful to both mothers and fathers.
Her chapters touch on the topics of understanding your purpose as a parent, knowing your child, being a vision keeper for your child, helping your child develop emotional intelligence, striving for respect over happiness, not being a controlling parent, and entrusting your children to God. She also talks about all stages of parenting, from the preschool years all the way up through teenage and even into young adulthood. I appreciated that each topic had advice for different stages of your child's life and development, and thus is a book that I can return to in the future.
This book was a good reminder of the need to be intentional and to invest significant time and energy into the raising of my children. I wouldn't say that this book was life-changing for me, but I would recommend it to others, if for no other reasons than to pick up a few more parenting tips. Additionally, the resource section at the end of the book is valuable for those interested in going deeper into the topics explored in this book.
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