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It is every Christian parent's fear: what if my child falls away because of something I did, or said, or was? Rob is extremely reassuring. His pragmatic, candid approach provides both parenting advice and guidance for parents about their own spiritual development. Rob identifies five traits which can quench faith in your child: busyness, cynicism, hypocrisy, judgementalism and over-familiarity. He teaches that disappointment is an inevitable part of growing up. There will come a time when they are disappointed with Christians, the Church, themselves and even God. We should teach our children how to love God even when things fall apart. Do not hide your children from the world: instead, help them to discriminate. Above all, provide them with a vision or what they can be and can achieve. Peter became a fisher of men.
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Rob Parsons is an international speaker on family issues and the author of many best-sellers including The Heart of Success and The 60-Minute Father. Over half a million people have attended his live seminars.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An easy read, full of hard stuff!,
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This review is from: Getting Your Kids Through Church: Without Them Ending Up Hating God (Paperback)
I have enjoyed all the books I've read by Rob Parsons in the past, and this is no exception.The only slight quibble I have is that he seems to be mostly speaking about teenagers, since most children younger than that are in the phase of spirituality which he calls "affiliative faith" -- that is, they follow along with you in your faith, though they may not have a faith which they can call their own yet. While I think this is true, I also think it's never too early to read this book and take its advice on board. He explains in clear, accessible language about different levels of faith in the first part of the book, which covers four chapters. This is then followed by five chapters about the pitfalls of modern life that can wreck a child's faith. He calls these "the big five", likening them to the "Big Five" game animals in Africa -- they are over-busyness, cynicism, hypocrisy, judgmentalism, and overfamiliarity. I think this book is worth having just for this section alone! The final part of the book is about the disappointments a child will face that could de-rail a burgeoning faith: disappointments in others, in themselves, and in God. I've seen this in my own child who sometimes doesn't understand why her prayers aren't answered. While I definitely agree that we need to explain this -- or at least try to -- I thought perhaps Parsons would have a better suggestion for his readers than just saying "sometimes we don't understand everything that God does." True, but doesn't that ring rather hollow? At least he then backs it up with scripture, such as Jesus's asking for the cup to pass from him, and yet accepting the cup when it doesn't. Often when I read a book like this -- quickly and easily on a single train journey -- it's soon consigned to the pile from which I re-sell on Amazon as a used book. Not this one. I'm not giving it up, so you can't have mine!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Rob Parsons' latest is a useful handbook,
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This review is from: Getting Your Kids Through Church: Without Them Ending Up Hating God (Paperback)
Very helpful book, easy to read and covering some difficult areas to do with practical applications and spiritual growth in teenagers. I would have loved to have read it before my youngest hit the dreaded years, but have already seen some positive changes after only 2 weeks of applying Rob's advice.All the parenting classes and counselling in the world hold no sway compared to having solid, useful and loving information that is close to hand. A definate necessity for any God-loving parent to be delivered by the midwife alongside the baby...
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must for all parents,
By Lindsay J "Jesus Loves You!" (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Getting Your Kids Through Church: Without Them Ending Up Hating God (Paperback)
A very helpful book that I would recommend to all Christian parents. He clearly points to the many pitfalls in a child's path to faith and gives good advice on how to avoid these. I can identify with much of what he writes from when I was a teenager and I will be very careful about how I raise my own children based on this book.
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