Parenting addresses first, the hearts of parents and then the minds of parents, by considering the hearts of their children. Written pastorally, this author shepherds a parent’s heart while shaping her perspective of parenting (which is, in Tripp’s words, a “calling” of the highest sort) and informing her understanding of her children as spiritual beings, as worshippers. His book is not designed to change a parent’s methodologies. Rather than deflating parents by introducing a list to be accomplished through self-effort, Tripp puts wind in the sails of every parent.
Christian parenting books tend to polarize parents into two camps: “grace” and “authority,” with neither camp’s label necessarily defined by Scripture. Generally, parenting books tend to apply pressure for parents to do more, be more, or change their philosophy of parenting. While most books that promise radical life change should be disregarded on the basis of false advertising, this one might actually change your life, or at least your perspective on the task of parenting. Paul Tripp’s latest book is one of the few Christian parenting books I would broadly recommend.
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