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Recently, Hope Chapel sponsored a Relationship Seminar.  I was asked to teach a workshop on Parenting Young Children.  This is the handout of recommended reading that I created for that workshop.

                                                                               ~Hala Tompkins

 

Recommended Resources for Parents 

 

Parenting and Praying:

 

The Blessing                                                   Gary Smalley and John Trent

 

Bringing up Boys                                                    Dr. James Dobson

 

Child Training Tips: what I wish I had known          Reb Bradley

 when my children were young

 

Dare to Discipline                                                  Dr. James Dobson

 

The Faith of a Child                                              Art Murphy

 

Hints on Child Training                                          H. Clay Trumbull

 

Home Court Advantage                                          Dr. Kevin Leman

 

How to Really Love Your Children                          Ross Campbell, M.D.

 

Lord, Bless my Child (out of print)                William and Nancie Carmichael

 

Making Children Mind without Losing Yours            Dr. Kevin Leman

 

On Becoming Babywise                                 Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam

 

Praying the Bible for Your Children                     David and Heather Kopp

 

Preparing Your Child to Love God                          Anna B. Mow

 

Raising Kids Who Hunger for God                       Benny and Sheree Phillips

 

Rediscovering the Lost Treasure of Family             Jerry Marcellino

    Worship

 

Shepherding a Child’s Heart                                  Tedd Tripp

 

To Train up a Child                                               Michael and Debi Pearl

 

Teenagers:

 

Parenting Today’s Adolescent                         Dennis and Barbara Rainey

 

Age of Opportunity                                               Paul Tripp

 

 

Reading to your children:

 

The Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes                       Kenneth N. Taylor

 

The Child’s Story Bible                                          Catherine F. Vos

 

Devotions for the Children’s Hour                          Kenneth N. Taylor

 

Family Devotions for Children                                Kenneth N. Taylor

 

Little Visits for Families                                        Allan Hart Jahsmann and Martin P. Simon

Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Storybook                         Arthur S. Maxwell

 

 

 

Websites for Parents:

 

Dr. James Dobson has been my Christian “daddy” for as long as I’ve been a Christian:

http://www.focusonthefamily.com

 

Dennis and Barbara Rainey founded Family Life to support Christian parents:

http://www.familylife.com

 

Michael and Debi Pearl’s website with many articles on child training and marriage:

http://www.nogreaterjoy.org/articles

 

 

 


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