God-Given Wisdom for Parents

In "God-Confident Kids," Cyndie Claypool de Neve combines Scripture, psychology, and personal narrative in order to offer beneficial instruction to parents who seek to raise their children in Christ. Claypool explores personality theory, Erik Erikson's developmental theory and other psychological ideologies and deftly combines them with Christian principles. Throughout the text, Claypool offers parents Scriptures they can specifically apply to their children along with prayers in which parents can add their children's names. These prayers will assist parents in seeking wisdom from God as they raise their children, helping them navigate anxiety, screen addiction, education, future career choices and other marks of journeying toward adulthood in our society. As a parent who desires to raise up my children in God's grace so that they might live in Christ, I found this resource encouraging and helpful. Unfortunately, I often come across one struggle when reading parenting books that use Scripture. Too often the author does not explore the context of the passage when applying that passage to the Christian life and family. I desire more depth and a deeper understanding of these Scriptures. I feel this will add to the wisdom of any such texts. This book was given to me by Baker Books blogging program.