The Eternal Mark of a Mom: Shaping the World through the Heart of a Child

by Linda Weber

A nurturing mother is vital to the character and future of a child. But what is a nurturing mother? Linda Weber describes in detail how important it is for moms in all situations to focus on nurturing the hearts and souls of their children, and she shows them how to do so. By sharing encouraging true stories―including her own―and new research, Weber offers moms a detailed and updated rationale that defends the value of motherhood while urging women to embrace the value and power of their role.

Genres: Parenting

272 pages, Paperback

Published April 9, 2019

Reviews

[Teryn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was given this book as a gift by a friend. While the overall message of the great value of motherhood is good this isn’t a book for a mom who is struggling.

I was challenged by her message. I also felt the temptation to be shamed by it. It’s easy to feel weighed down by all her good examples of her amazing children who are all american athletes and Oxford scholars, who are following the Lord and all so thankful for her. Meanwhile I’m in the trenches with regular kids and special needs kids and foster kids and I am a regular mom with a lot of strengths but also numerous weaknesses.

I could not connect with her writing on an emotional level. I’m sure her motherhood experience was painful and scary and uncertain at times but she does not write with vulnerability so it would be easy to assume this was not so. She presents herself as a model doing motherhood “the right way” which I was turned off by. If her motherhood experience is truly as positive as she presents it I think it likely has way more to do with her children’s personalities and her own personality which seems very steady emotionally than a formula for motherhood that produces godly children.

There is wisdom in this book but not enough heart to have it be a book I would recommend to others.

[Kate · Rating 2 out of 5]

Review to come

[Sarah Bramlett · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn’t finish. I love Focus on the Family and the point they were making was good. The book just felt king and seemed to struggle with making some of the stories tie in with the point of the chapter.