Book Review: Secure Daughters Confident Sons

In Glenn T. Stanton's book "Secure Daughters Confident Sons: How Parents Guide Their Children into Authentic Masculinity and Femininity" there is more information offered than what would just pertain to the narrow gender topic. It also covered language development, discipline balanced with grace, along with other interesting issues and points.

This is a very applicable book with many key areas to keep in mind and a provided a good, well-balanced view of what my vision should be as I raise each of my children. Stanton outlined many important questions that I should be asking myself as I guide them into the adults they should become as well as provided ideas and practices that can be applied in everyday life for most age groups. I was pleasantly surprised to see a chapter on language development and enjoyed the chapter on balancing grace and discipline. It was easy to read with lots of examples and illustrations, I especially liked the Q & A at the end of every chapter.

The only thing I felt was lacking was the use of scripture. God's word is the only source for complete direction and guidance and it would have been great if he would have used more verses to support his insights.

Overall, I thought this was an insightful read and it will be one of those books that I will refer to again and again as my children grow and develop at different stages.


(I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for review purposes.)

Awesome and Challenging Message

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a life lived for Jesus....

Happened upon this article just now about a Pastor of a Baptist church in Arlington, TX and his elderly secretary that were attacked yesterday at the church where they served. The Pastor Clint Dobson was killed during the attack and his secretary is in critical condition. My heart goes out to the family members and church members that are experiencing this great loss. After reading the Pastor Dobson's blog ( http://mynorthpointe.org/?cat=1 ) it is evident that he lived his life for the Christ and is now personally experiencing all the unspeakable joy that God has for those who trust in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. What a reminder that our life here on earth is so short and that it should be lived sold-out for Jesus and to glory of an Almighty God.

"God Gave Us So Much" by Lisa Tawn Bergren

God Gave Us So Much by Lisa Tawn Bergren is a great addition to your home library and is perfect for reading discussing with your children. There are actually three books in one presented in this appealing limited-edition treasury - God Gave Us the World, God Gave Us Love, and God Gave Us Heaven.
I thoroughly enjoyed each of the three stories and especially the winsome artwork illustrated by Laura J. Bryant. The only downside of the this book is that the stories seemed somewhat drawn-out at times. My child's attention struggled at the tedious dialogue of Little Bear's many, many questions.

All in all, I think its a great book for young ones in that it gets them thinking and asking questions about God and gives parents an opportunity to share in more detail about how God is always at work in each of our lives.

(I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for review purposes.)

...and so the blog begins...

Hi! Feeling especially unmotivated today to be doing anything that I need to do....laundry, picking up the house, working on orders from my website, etc....so I got looking at a website of a christian book publisher that lets you blog for books. I am always buying new books and so this is awesome, they will send me free books as long as I post reviews on them once I am done reading...and I get to keep the books, how great is that?!?!? Ok...I guess I am easily excited :) Not wanting to bite off more than I can chew, the first book I selected is a childrens book treasury of stories, so I should get it in a week or so. Check back in a few weeks for my first review.....