Pastoral Care And The Means Of Grace Book

This book gave me some good ideas to incorporate into my own parenting. Often it read a lot more like a devotional than a "how-to" kind of book, so it was good on both fronts. The practical, practicable ideas aren't the point, but there were several. For instance, it called into question whether we should say "That's a bad boy" or "that's a good boy," which both may give kids a warped idea of themselves... actually your boy is not really "good" if not redeemed, but "bad boy" runs the risk of pigeon-holing or creating a defeatist mentality in your child. "Of course I did that, I'm a "bad boy" after all." Better to say "that was a good decision" or "that was a bad decision," and use the opportunity to teach about God's planting within us the knowledge of right and wrong, but our inability to really carry that out because of sin.