Parenting

Parenting is no easy task. To parent in a biblical way is even tougher. Yet that is precisely the thing to which each Christian parent is called. The standards are high. But so too are the rewards.The biblical requirement placed upon each parent is direct and basic. Train up your children in the fear and admonition of the Lord (Eph. 6:4). If you do so, the Lord promises that He will be God to you and to your children forever (Gen. 17:7; Acts 2:39).

Modes of parenting may differ with each different personality. But the object and goal of parenting is a fixed star. Our children belong to Christ. We are charged with parenting them so that they will grow to love and fear Him all their days. No easy task indeed!

Many men and women are choosing to put off or even completely forego having children. When they do finally let the “biological clock” alarm them into having kids, too often these modern parents are willing to abdicate their God-given role. Let the daycare do it. Let the public schools do it. Let the church do it. Let anyone else do it, but don’t blame the parents! Not long ago you might have heard a certain First Lady promote the idea, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Perhaps there’s some truth to that. But the role and task of parenting is given first and primarily, not to the village, but to the home. Parents must once again lay hold of the duty, but also of the glorious privilege of being parents.

It's not enough to simply choose to be good parents. Many of us lack a workable model. The what and how of good parenting is no longer being passed effectively from one generation to others.

Thankfully, Christian parents are not cast on their own resources alone. The Bible offers rich bounties of instruction and comfort to parents and children alike. And there are other helps too. The books below are offered to encourage the weary and provide parental wisdom to those who are seeking it.

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Boy's Body Book
by Kelli Dunham
5th edition from Applesauce Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Sex Education (Location: HEAL-SEXED)
$11.04
Facing the Facts
God's Design for Sex Book 4
by Stan & Brenna Jones
from NavPress
for 6th-8th grade
in Sex Education (Location: HEAL-SEXED)
$13.59
For This Is Right
by Pam Forster
from Doorposts
for 7th-10th grade
in Doorposts Materials (Location: BIB-CHDP)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Get Outta My Face!
by Rick Horne
from Shepherd Press
in Parenting Teens (Location: XFA-PAR)
Good and Angry
from Shaw Books
for Preschool-12th grade
in Parenting (Location: XFA-PAR)
$4.20 (1 in stock)
Honey for a Teen's Heart
by Gladys Hunt & Barbara Hampton
from Zondervan
for 7th-Adult
in Recommended Book Lists (Location: LIR-REC)
$16.99
Passport 2 Identity
by Barbara Rainey, Dennis Rainey
from Family Life Publishing
for 5th-10th grade
in Sex Education (Location: HEAL-SEXED)
Passport 2 Identity - Travel Journal Replacement Kit
by Barbara Rainey, Dennis Rainey
from Family Life Publishing
for 5th-10th grade
in Sex Education (Location: HEAL-SEXED)
Passport 2 Purity
by Barbara Rainey, Dennis Rainey
from Family Life Publishing
for 5th-10th grade
in Sex Education (Location: HEAL-SEXED)
Passport 2 Purity - Travel Journal Replacement Kit
by Barbara Rainey, Dennis Rainey
from Family Life Publishing
for 5th-10th grade
in Sex Education (Location: HEAL-SEXED)
Sex and the New You (really old)
The New Learning About Sex Series
by Richard Bimler
from Concordia Publishing House
for 6th-8th grade
in Clearance: Science & Health (Location: ZCLE-SCI)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Sex and the New You for Boys
Learning About Sex #4
by Richard Bimler
3rd edition from Concordia Publishing House
for 7th-10th grade
in Sex Education (Location: HEAL-SEXED)
$14.44
Sex and the New You for Girls
Learning About Sex #4
by Richard Bimler
3rd edition from Concordia Publishing House
for 7th-10th grade
in Sex Education (Location: HEAL-SEXED)
$14.44 $6.30 (1 in stock)
Wonderful Way Babies Are Made
by Larry Christenson
2nd edition from Bethany House
for 2nd-8th grade
in Sex Education (Location: HEAL-SEXED)
$16.99