Heartfelt discipline following God's path of life to the heart of your child

"Helps you understand what the Bible really says about childhood discipline. Drawing on thirty years of parenting and his personal study of the Bible, Clay fully fleshes out God's way of "path of life parenting." It will change how you think about childhood discipline, and put yo...

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Main Author: Clarkson, Clay.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Monument, CO : Whole Heart Press, [2014].
Edition: Third edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • The heart of parenthood : finding a new path for biblical discipline
  • The heart of childhood : seeing your child through God's eyes
  • Parenting by formula : correcting your vision for correction
  • Parenting by faith : following the Spirit to formula-free discipline
  • Sympathy versus strictness : directing by listening and understanding
  • Encouragement versus guilt : directing by believing and affirming
  • Nurture versus neglect : directing by perceiving and helping
  • Instruction versus information : directing by reaching and teaching
  • Spiritual correction : correcting with grace and truth
  • Verbal correction : correcting with wisdom and word
  • Behavioral correction : correcting with choices and consequences
  • Physical correction : correcting with authority and control
  • Protecting against unhealthy appetites : discerning what controls your child's desires
  • Protecting against undesirable relationships : discerning who holds your child's heart
  • Protecting against unacceptable media : discerning what captures your child's imagination
  • Protecting against unseen influences : discerning what affects your child's choices.