What a great resource for parents! This is a book that I will be using a lot! Kara Durbin gives a great introduction on how to use Parenting With Scripture at the opening of the book. She talks about how to find the teachable moments with your children and then use them to instill God's Word into them regarding the situation. I appreciated that the author pointed out that there are both positive as well as negative teachable moments in which we can implement parenting with Scripture. Many times, we have the idea that teachable moments are only when our child has done something wrong, however, we can also reinforce their positive behavior with Scripture.
Durbin gives an alphabetical list by topics, such as anger, apathy, attitude, beauty, and bragging. Each topic gives the definition of the word and then gives several Scriptures that can be applied to the topic. The topics also have discussion points that you can talk about with your children as well as a section on taking action. She also lists related topics that could be helpful. The way the topics are set up with the discussion points and take action points also allow you the opportunity to create teachable moments with your children to discuss the topics before your child is in the situation so that they can be prepared and think about hos they would handle a situation with that particular topic. Durbin also gives some great parenting tips for some of the topics.
After the topical list, Durbin gives some ideas of helpful Scripture passages and verses for memorization as well as some memorization ideas and tips.
I read this book on my Kindle, but I think I will be purchasing it in actual book form as well to keep as a handy reference. I highly recommend this book to every parent.
I was provided with a copy of this book in exchange for my review.
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