How to Raise a Modern-Day Joseph: A Practical Guide for Growing Great Kids (Paperback)

~ Linda Massey Weddle (Author)

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Product Description

Parents long to help their children reach their full potential. They schedule regular medical exams, get them involved in planned activities, help them with their homework, and invest for their college education.

Yet while they may plan for their success, they can overlook a vital part of their personal development: nurturing and encouraging a solid, lasting foundation of faith.

We often assume that children are growing spiritually through church youth groups and programs. But it's essential that parents take an active, encouraging, and purposeful role in guiding them in their relationship with Jesus.

The life of Joseph offers parents a Biblical standard for building children of character. Using his story, this book will help them do just that.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: David C. Cook; New edition (June 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1434765318
• ISBN-13: 978-1434765314
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #399,981 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read for all parents, June 23, 2009

By	Kim R. Anderson (Algonquin, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I love this new book by Linda Weddle! It's filled with practical ideas for spiritually training kids at each age. As a parent of two girls, this book gives me a clear target and focused plan for helping my daughters grow in their relationship with God. I especially like the suggested Bible verses to memorize and Bible biographies to study for each age segment.

My favorite part of the book is the family itinerary in each chapter. A worksheet is provided to help parents customize their plan and goals for each child's spiritual journey in each age stage. Getting the plan is writing makes it real and concrete.

I highly recommend this book to all parents. It will greatly benefit your family and help raise a generation of kids who know, love and serve Christ.

5.0 out of 5 stars A great guide to help raise your child to know the things of God, August 8, 2009

By	Bill Gunter - See all my reviews

Being in childen's ministry and seeking to work with parents on raising their children to learn about God, I found this book to be an excellent resource to help churches and families work together to raise children to learn about Jesus and the things of God. This author gives guidance to parents for every age group from "pre-birth" to high school, giving them a useful guide for discipling their children. The author not only gives guidance to parents, but also includes a section for churches on how they can partner with parents in teaching the children. The author clearly states that there is no guarantee, and if you do "A, B & C" then your children will come to know and serve God, but that this is a guide providing practical things you can do to purposefully teach them the things of God.

As a Children's pastor, I found this to be a great resource and I am recommending it to all of the families in our church.

4.0 out of 5 stars A guide for a child's spiritual development, June 27, 2009

By	Wyn (Canada) - See all my reviews

This is the guide to the book How to Raise Modern-Day Joseph. It is plainly writen in a manner that any parent could understand. I like it because it puts the responsibility for raising a spiritually sound child directly on the parent where, in my opinion, it belongs. This book is full of ideas on how to incorporate spiritual training in the home for all the different times in a child's life. It has suggestions for fathers and for mothers. As well, it has a second section that is for the church, where it can support the parents with personal help and with classes for both parents and children, and what to teach at different stages in life as well as set out some guidelines so that parents know what to expect from their church support groups. It's not a day-by-day bible study but rather gives directions on how to establish a plan for your family (very important) and ways of including different projects and ideas into that plan. The author is an experienced member of Awana so many of her ideas also come from that area. Definitely a great read full of usable ideas for parents of children at any stage in life.