Intentional
Parenting: Autopilot is for Planes is a book about just that- being
intentional in the parenting of your children. It was written by Sissy Goff,
David Thomas and Melissa Trevathan; these three people are the counseling
directors and founder of a ministry called Daystar Counseling in Tennessee.
Together they have over 75 years of counseling experience.
I found
this book to be loaded with a wealth of material, advice and suggestions,
examples and personal stories. It is written in a very personal language, thus
reaching out to the common person and making them feel at ease- almost like you
were sitting one-on-one in an office session yourself. Although I personally
didn't appreciate it, even Biblical references were mostly in the Message
version of Scripture (with NIV also sporadically quoted), giving it a more
laid-back, personal tone.
Each
author takes turns writing the chapters; each chapter is focused upon helping
the reader develop characteristics that will help us grow as parents,
recognizing that we are vulnerable and dependent upon God, and exhibiting
attributes such as being encouraging, consistent, playful, balanced and
patient. They agree that it is a two-way street and rarely are children to
blame 100% of the time. Interspersed in each chapter are italicized questions
to get the reader thinking about how to apply to their lives the truths that
the authors have written.
I think
this book will be a good reference tool in my bookcase, because of the way the
chapters in this book are broken down by subject, and it's a good thing,
because it's hard to fully absorb (let alone apply) all the information shared
by these counselors the first time around!
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