10 Building Blocks for a Solid Family: The Homeword Guide to Parenting by Burns, Jim [Regal, 2010] (Paperback) 2nd Edition [Paperback]

by Burns

10 Building Blocks for a Solid The Homeword Guide to Parenting by Bur...

Genres: Parenting, Family

Paperback

First published October 3, 2003

Reviews

[Sheri · Rating 4 out of 5]

I appreciated the approachable feel of this book. Burns notes at the start that, over his years of working with families, he has discovered that all happy families seem to have commonalities. He then proceeds to relate each of them, describe their importance, and portray the ways some families achieve the building block--all while acknowledging that each family will accomplish each block in a unique way that suits it best. His building blocks are doable things such as "be there", "discipline consistently", and "love your spouse".

[Travis Daggett · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is from page 104: In solitude you will hear the whisper of God’s voice saying, “you are my beloved, the apple of my eye. You are doing a wonderful job parenting those kids. I treasure you, I forgive you, and I believe in you. You are my child, and we are in this parenting thing together.“
This is where I stopped reading.
Does God “believe in us”? This seems to me at best sloppy, and at worst right in line with the message of our culture. It smacks of the doctrine of the brotherhood of man. Too many people think that God loves everyone in the same way, that Jesus died for everybody. This is not what the Bible says and it is not what Christians should say.

[Kristina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Did not finish. Just couldn't seem to get into it.