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  • Parenting isn't just for current (or new) mothers and fathers. We all need to continually have our skills honed. This means that grandparents, uncles, aunts--anyone who serves as a role model or guide for children--needs to be ware of what the Bible says, whether or not he/she currently has younger children.
  • You're listening to part of a book on parenting. It's called Principle-Centered Parenting. Vicki and I wrote the first edition in 2006, and revised it in 2017.
  • In this podcast I've adapted and blended chapter 2, "God's Children" and chapter 13, "Conversion."
  • If this lesson is helpful, we suggest you get hold of a copy of the entire book, or perhaps listen to the audio book (read by the two of us). Contents of the book:
  • I. FIRST THINGS
    • 1. Arrows in the Quiver
    • 1. God’s Children
  • II. FAMILY
    • 3. A Safe Haven
    • 4. Family First!
    • 5. The Ladder of Priorities
  • III. PARENTS
    • 6. Model Parents
    • 7. Be the Parent!
    • 8. Mothers: Balancing it All
    • 9. Fathers: “Forceful Men”
    • 10. The Proverbs 31 Family
  • IV. CHILDREN
    • 11. Character, not Personality
    • 12. Training & Discipline
    • 13. Conversion
    • 14. Adoption
  • V. FAMILY RHYTHMS
    • 15. Mealtimes
    • 16. Traditions
    • 17. Devotions
    • 18. Transitions
  • VI. VALUES
    • 19. Virtue vs. Values
    • 20. Television & the Media
    • 21. Healthy, Wealthy & Wise
  • VII. CONCLUSION & RESOURCES
    • 22. The Three Little Pigs.
    • 23. Parenting Resources: Books, Magazines, Websites