Raising a child has never been more challenging. If you ever doubt yourself or wonder if it is worth the heartache, read this little book. If you worry that your family will not weather life’s storms or if you fear losing your children to the prevailing culture, read it again.
Why Children Matter offers biblical wisdom and commonsense advice on how to hold a family together and raise children with character.
Johann Christoph Arnold, a father, grandfather and pastor, has written eleven books, including three on parenting and children’s education. As the fabric of family and society is torn apart, this book offers up concrete steps to encourage parents faced with difficult child-rearing decisions.
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Contents
A Note to the Reader
Introduction
1 The Childlike Spirit
2 Founding a Family
3 The Unborn Child
4 Birth
5 Motherhood
6 Fatherhood
7 Creating a Home
8 The Role of Grandparents
9 The First Years
10 Teaching Respect
11 Spoiling Your Child
12 Discipline
13 Explaining Life, Death, and Suffering
14 Religious Education
15 When Children Suffer
16 The Special Child
17 Adoption
18 Children and Sin
19 Building Character
20 Consideration for Others
21 Teenagers
22 Conclusion
关于作者
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan is the Archbishop of New York. Previously, he served as Archbishop of Milwaukee. Cardinal Dolan is the author of Called to Be Holy, Doers of the Word, Who Do You Say I Am?, and I Am With You.