Subtitle on cover: Orthodox Christian principles of child-rearing

Always parent with the end in mind -- Think long-term -- How children learn -- Respond, don't react -- Responding to our children -- Why children misbehave -- Understanding struggles in terms of the values and the virtues of the kingdom of God -- Name your child's struggle -- Separate your struggle from your child's -- Separate feelings from behaviors -- Take the side of feelings -- Set limits to behaviors -- Strategies for setting limits -- Setting limits with your child -- Responding to pushback -- Understanding consequences -- Giving consequences -- Teach the joy of obedience -- The joy of obedience -- Nurture a culture of listening in the home -- Teach the joy of repentance -- Repentance -- The joy of repentance -- Nurture repentance and confession in the home

The Orthodox Christian tradition is filled with wisdom and guidance about the biblical path of salvation. Yet this guidance remains largely inaccessible to parents and often disconnected from the parenting challenges we face in our homes. Parenting Toward the Kingdom will help you make the connections between the spiritual life as we understand it in the Orthodox Church and the ongoing challenges of raising children. It takes the best child development research and connects it with the timeless truths of our Christian faith to offer you real strategies for navigating the challenges of daily life