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Whole Child, Whole Parent, 4/E

by Polly B. Berends

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Parenting through practical care and spiritual reflection

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Parenting through practical care and spiritual reflection

Polly B. Berends frames parenthood as a relationship that shapes adults as well as children, bringing psychological and spiritual perspectives to everyday family life. This revised fourth edition addresses subjects including anger, children’s dreams, discipline, bedtime, storybook reading, and the effort to sustain individual, marital, and family life together. Personal anecdotes accompany its discussion of ordinary parenting tasks, while the book’s central approach links practical decisions with broader questions of love, self-development, and family connection.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Parents interested in spiritually oriented approaches to family life
  • Caregivers seeking discussion of discipline, anger, and daily routines
  • Adults exploring parenthood as a source of personal growth

Themes

Parenting and personal growthSpirituality in family lifeLove and disciplineAngerMarriage and family balance

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Book overview

For more than two decades, Whole Child/Whole Parent, the first spiritually oriented book on parenthood and the first to address the value of parenthood for the parent as well as for the child, has provided a sound, practical, psychological and spiritual footing for parenthood and family life. This fourth edition includes new material for contemporary parents on anger, children's dreams, maintaining individual and family life, marital as well as parental life, and many new personal anecdotes.

It is the perfect guide "not merely for parents who want to raise their children in the best manner possible, it is for all people, including adults who want to raise themselves." (M. Scott Peck, from the foreword).

Whether exploring love and discipline or bedtime and storybook reading, Berends shows the practical relevance of spiritual insights to the most ordinary parental tasks.

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