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Title: Shepherding a Child's Heart
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| Shepherding a Child's Heart by Shepherd Press A Violent Way to Raise a Child |
| I was horrified by this book. I am a Christian who does believe in spanking, but only when all other forms of discipline have failed. The "rod" in the Bible does not necessarily mean "something to spank your child with." I've always thought of it as another word for discipline or correction. Tripp advocates spanking an 8 month old baby. If you do this, all your child will know is that Mommy(or Daddy) hurts her. I agree with other reviewers that spanking for every offense is a lazy way to parent. I do not agree with their outrage over children being sinful from conception. That is clearly stated in the Bible a number of times. If you are looking for good ideas on correcting your children, I suggest you check out "Creative Correction" by Lisa Whelchel. She has a lot of good, non-violent, ways to shepherd your child's heart. |
| Shepherding a Child's Heart by Shepherd Press Wonderful resourse for Christian parents |
I have read book after book on raising children since I had my first child over 7 years ago. This is the first book that not only taught me bibilical truths about rearing my children, but also challenged my heart. I grew up in a Christian home and my parents were very concerned with my external behavior. They assumed that if I was doing the things right on the outside, then my heart must be right. In reality, I was a white-washed tomb, full of sneaky, rebellious behavior that I am still grappling with today.
I especially like that in this book, Tedd Tripp constantly points to scripture. None of his methods are man-driven, but scripturally sound. He also presses authority. That can be a dirty word some places, but I see the lack of respect for authority everywhere. I taught public school for some time and it was particularly noticeable there. He also points out how using this approach can make our children see their need for Christ and His blessed forgiveness. One of the biggest impressions this book made on me, was that though we expect obedience and respect from our kids, we also give them respect as well. There is NO yelling, there is no spanking out of "unholy anger."
He is an advocate of spanking, not beating or hitting. Spanking is well defined in the book and there is a HUGE difference between spanking and child abuse. A swat on the bottom is hardly abuse
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I am using this book to teach a class on disciplining a child. It is from a biblical perspective. It lays out fundamental purposes, and how too for disciplining a child. It gives good biblical reasons on how to discipline a child from infant to teens.
It also gives examples on what not to do in disciplining your child. |
| Shepherding a Child's Heart by Shepherd Press Thank you God for theTripp Family! |
| What a great resource that directed us to the Word of God for rock solid parenting advice! This book points to clear biblical directives which gave us confidence in Godly parenting. Our children have responded and God is glorified! |
| Shepherding a Child's Heart by Shepherd Press Great resource |
I read this book almost a year ago and then began implementing many of the techniques. After many changes in our family's life over the last year, we have begun reading the book again. This time we are part of a group at our church doing the book and also reading the parent's guide. This time we are learning 100% more as we are going slowly through and are studying many Scriptures along the way.
Tripp does a great job of balancing teaching/training your children with disciplining them. You must have a balance of both and this is WELL emphasized throughout the book. If you carefully read through the first sections of the book, you have a solid foundation for the principles that are the basis for Tripp's entire philosophy. I highly recommend the parent's handbook for ANYONE and EVERYONE reading the book. You will glean MUCH more as you study the Scriptures yourself and answer questions that cause you to search your own heart. We can only parent from the grace we have received and from the knowledge that we are sinners in need of a Savior, just like our children. I love the way Tripp explains that while we are to be the authority in our children's lives, we are all equal at the foot of the cross.
The only thing I felt the book was lacking were some very specific implementation strategies for parents of very young children (under 5 years old). He clearly spells out how to give a correction biblically and with much love, but doesn't seem to give many details for correcting the youngest children (those who are not yet able to reason and understand the godward orientation of their heart). Therefore, we have coupled this book with a few others that are more specific in this area to develop our own methods of specific correction.
Bottom line: It is an EXCELLENT resource that I recommend highly! |
