Editorial Review:
Pastor Crystal Lutton has worked extensively with children and has
seen, firsthand, the phenomenal results of Grace-Based Discipline. This
tried-and-true method of raising children can be implemented at any age
with success. Based on biblical teachings, GBD is a nurturing,
God-centered approach to parenting your child from birth to
adulthood.
This carefully researched method of parenting has received results for
families and children of all ages, backgrounds, and family structures.
Taking the stand that parenting is a covenant and not a burden, GBD
insists on the formation of loving bonds of trust and mutual respect that
begin at birth and will carry on throughout a lifetime. These bonds help
the child to foster good relationships with parents and peers with the
added benefit of establishing a sense of self-worth that will be essential
to a successful life.
Editorial Review:
The saying “The Proof is in thePudding” accurately sums up the overall
success of the lessons on discipline promoted in Pastor Crystal
Lutton’s book, Biblical Parenting.
I have the unique pleasure of personally seeing the results of proper
disciplining by Pastor Lutton, because I know her children Liam and
Fiona. It is clear that Pastor Lutton’s guidelines for ‘Bringing up Baby’
are working; the proof is in the kids.
While there are endless volumes of material available on the subject of
parenting and motivating your children to behave in acceptable ways,
this book stands out, if for no other reason than for it’s emphasis not
so much on how children are supposed to act, but on how we, as
parents, are to re-act in a variety of disciplinary issues that arise.
For example, in her discussion of the three types of discipline; namely,
permissive, authoritarian, and Grace Based, Pastor Lutton drives home
an obvious point that we as parents all too often forget – - – our
children’s behavioural responses and overall development are just as
much a result of our ability (or lack thereof) to properly guide them on
a daily basis. The behavior therefore, that a child ehibits, is not separate
from the disciplinary measure we employ – - – it is, in fact, a product of
it.
By far the greatest difference that this book has among many others
dealing with the same topic, is that naturally, everything Pastor Lutton
says is backed up by the word of God. The appendix is most helpful in
showing us not only which Bible verses address the subject, but what
their original meaning is. (Yes, Virginia, you too can nderstand what
‘Spare the Rod’ is actually talking about!)
Clearly then, the success of this book lies not simply in the suggestions
and principles themselves, but in the fact that they are proven to be
effective, since the have the seal of approval from the greatest parent of
them all – the Almighty God. An informative and enlightening read.
-Rabbi Jack Zimmerman
Founder, Today’s Librarian Magazine.
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