Thank God for people like Crystal Lutton who can look beyond the traditions of man and see through to the heart of God concerning parenting by the BOOK (meaning God's book). I struggled for many years,following the prescribed so called "Biblical" methods of punishment before learning the truth of Grace Based Discipline! If you think it is Biblical to punish your children, but something in your spirit tells you otherwise, then Crystal's book is the book for you! Crystal's book gives suggestions for developing family goals and a family motto, information about why the "rod" verses are not synonomous with spanking, practical tools for teaching and modelling Godly behavior (such as the 5 steps, comfort corner, conflict resolution, 1,2,3, transistion, and reflecting feelings among others), and she thoroughly describes how God parents us and models parenting for us as well. I am so excited to finally have a book that I have no reservations about so that I can give it to parents who are badly in need of a departure from the bullying and controlling mindset of law based parenting! This is 144 pages of the best parenting information I have ever read and I have read A LOT!!