Worldproofing Your Kids: Helping Moms Prepare Their Kids to Navigate Today's Turbulent Times [Paperback]

Lael F. Arrington (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 24, 1997

The turbulence Christian kids face today while at school, on the job, and with their friends is enough to make any mom apprehensive. Practically everywhere your children turn, their values are undermined and right and wrong are decided by what "feels good." Respect for life has given way to demands for abortion and the "right" to die. And the media, with its slick, glitzy magnetism, promotes both destructive values and dangerous lifestyles to your kids.

But, moms, you are the first, best line of defense against this cultural tide. And here in this book are teaching strategies, learning activities, and resources—all to help you pass on a Christian worldview so that your children can confidently navigate the rapids of life with the steadfast truths of God.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Crossway Books (June 24, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891079564
• ISBN-13: 978-0891079569
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #805,097 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lael Arrington writes and speaks about the challenge to live for God's Kingdom in today's culture. She has also co-hosted a radio program about faith and culture, The Things That Matter Most.

Whether addressing women's events like Winning Women of Florida, Glorietta Christian Writers' Conference or the Torrey Honors students at Biola University in Los Angeles, Lael's passion is to move hearts and minds for Christ. www.laelarrington.com

Education: Master's degree (MAT) in the history of ideas and aesthetics from the University of Texas at Dallas. Taught Western culture and apologetics at secular and Christian schools and colleges.

Books: Faith and Culture (2011); A Faith and Culture Devotional (Zondervan, 2009), www.culturedevo.com; Godsight (Crossway Books, 2005) Pilgrim's Progress Today (NavPress 2002), Worldproofing Your Kids (Crossway Books, 1997). Contributor to several other books.

Media: Family Life Today with Dennis Rainey, At Home Live!, Janet Parshall's America, Moody's Morning Drive Time and Mid-Day Connection, Point of View, American Family Radio and dozens of others. Her writing has been featured in Focus on the Family, World magazine and Today's Christian Woman.

Lael has co-hosted The Things That Matter Most, a unique radio talk show that probes what we believe and why we believe it in dialogues with guests representing diverse spiritual views and cutting edge cultural projects. Her experience discussing intelligent design with guests like Michael Behe and Francis Collins, Barbara Walters' TV special on Heaven with Randy Alcorn, Letter to a Christian Nation with NYT bestselling atheist Sam Harris or PostSecrets with Frank Warren enrich her speaking presentations. The Things That Matter Most aired on secular talk radio in Houston and Dallas. programs are archived on www.thethingsthatmattermost.org

Lael and her husband, Jack, make their home among the azaleas and dogwoods of the northwest Columbia, SC area and are delighted when their grown son, Zach, wings in for a visit.

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Required Reading for Christian Parents!, June 12, 2000

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Sue Bohlin "Mentoring Mom for MOPS" (Dallas TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Worldproofing Your Kids: Helping Moms Prepare Their Kids to Navigate Today's Turbulent Times (Paperback)

Not only is this an exceptional book to help parents teach truth and wisdom to our kids, it's also instructive to the parents. . .and a true pleasure to read! Lael has a marvelous, warm sense of humor as well as an astute ability to analyze and teach. I was so impressed with this book I wrote a week's worth of radio programs on it, the transcript of which is online...

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Focus on the Family gives a definite thumbs-up!, June 10, 1999

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Here in Worldproofing Your Kids are the teaching strategies, learning activities and resources--all to help you pass a Christian worldview to your children. FOF Magazine, April 1998

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential tool for Christian parents to equip their children to engage the culture for Christ!, October 5, 2006

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This review is from: Worldproofing Your Kids: Helping Moms Prepare Their Kids to Navigate Today's Turbulent Times (Paperback)

An absolutely fabulous book - really a "must read" for all Christian parents who want to prepare their children to effectively engage the world for Christ. A Houston-area mom, Arrington does a great job of addressing the fundamental issues that children are facing today - a post-modern and post-Christian culture that is bombarding them with powerful messages contrary to God's revealed truth. So what's a parent to do? Arrington doesn't hide her head in the sand waiting for the rapture; she systematically lays out a plan to equip her family with the answers to the issues they will face in the world using Scripture as her guide.

When I was reading this book, I was constantly reminded of Psalm 127:3-5 where it states:

"Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate."
~ Psalm 127:3-5

I've seen this verse in countless places, but never have I seen the last sentence included. The last sentence tells me that our children will contend with enemies in the gate and that if they are prepared, equipped, and trained, they will not be put to shame. World Proofing Your Kids is an essential tool in the equipping process of our children!

Arrington begins with a basic worldview primer and then dives into various cultural issues from abortion to animal rights and the "right to die" movement. She also addresses the entertainment culture and its profound effect on today's young people. I thought her approach to this issue was the best chapter in the entire book - instead of avoiding all media or cursing TV for its filth and smut, Arrington gives alternatives to the brain-drain of TV seeking to produce depth and understanding resulting in a mind that is not easily amused and is armed to see and counter the lies of the culture.

Arrington writes with a great balance of humor and truth mixed with a healthy dose of personal experience that makes this book easy to relate to and understand as a parent. She is not writing this from the ivory tower of perfect parenting; she reveals her own shortcomings and struggles along the way - but she also clearly communicates that equipping our children for the challenges and opportunities of this cultural crisis will take diligence and determination on our part as parents.