The Child Influencers: Restoring the Lost Art of Parenting

I loved this book! The author comes from a Christian perspective, but he isn't self-righteous and he doesn't cram his religon down your throat. Mr. Adams thoroughly documents his sources and cites mainstream scientific studies to support his assertions. He looks at the influences of peers, media, education, and parents and most importantly, he discusses solutions for all types of families (stay at home, working, public and private schooled, etc.). Any parent concerned about raising a child in our society will enjoy and benefit from this book. Buy it!

Dan Adams does a great job focusing on the needs of our children and how we as parents can and should meet those needs. It is not the responsibility of the church, YMCA, day-care center, or public school to meet those needs. As parents, we need to take seriously the God given responsibility we have been given and determine to be the main influence in our children's lives. The result of our efforts can either be rewards for a job well done, or grief from a rebellious child that was not properly guided. This book contains many insights on how to spend quantity time, not just quality time, with our children and gives many ideas on how to turn the TV set off and get our children to enjoy reading alone as well as reading together as a family, and build memories as a family that will be the root system that the child will need to withstand the "winds" later in life.