Parenting Is Your Highest Calling: And Eight Other Myths That Trap Us in Worry and Guilt
- ISBN13: 9781400074204
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Why am I not a more joyful parent? Why aren’t my kids turning out as I expected? Why do I always feel as if I’m not doing enough for my children?
Is Parenting Supposed to Be This Difficult?
As a mother of six, author Leslie Leyland Fields knows firsthand the insecurities and questions that come with rearing children. In this provocative book, she explores with refreshing honesty the myths that can lead to unrealistic expectations and distrac… More >>
Parenting Is Your Highest Calling: And Eight Other Myths That Trap Us in Worry and Guilt
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Having looked closely at the 9 myths I must stand up against the other reviews and shout from a mountain top that “Children are a blessing from the Lord”. Done, enough said. The problem is not that we have guilt around our children, the problem is that a majority of American parents are selfish and unwilling to make their children the priority God makes His children – Priority #1. Yes, I said it, they are our #1 priority and by loving our children we prove our love for God.
This book is a classic feel good book that, at best, misleads Christian Families away from their true calling: “Be fruitful and multiply”, and at worst flat-out lies to them.
Rating: 1 / 5
Have you every had a passionate belief that you couldn’t put into words? You knew it had a Biblical foundation, but for the life of you, you couldn’t nail it down or explain it well enough without making you sound like you were making excuses or justifying yourself? This book, Parenting is Your Hightest Calling & Eight Other Myths by Leslie Leyland Fields did that for me. It is a must read for all parents. She outlines 9 myths that many parents buy into that can cause grief and disappointment when their parenting experience doesn’t the bring the results they’d expected. As a mother of 15 children, 13 of whom are special needs adopted, I saw how the blame game is easily entered into by those who have a tendency to judge others, especially Christian leaders who take credit for their own children’s successes.
Her basic premise is that we as parents are required by God to be faithful, to follow His basic guidelines for holy living and endeavor to teach the same precepts to our children. That’s it. We are to leave the results up to Him. He is the one who will woo their hearts, call them to repentance and a life of service to Him. This book will help parents to look to God rather than themselves and quit applying pressure on themselves to satisfy those around them who expect them to take on God’s role in their children’s lives.
This is a very encouraging book and I recommend it to every parent.
Rating: 5 / 5
I can sum up Lesie Leyland Fields’ book, Parenting Is Your Highest Calling in one word, honesty. Leslie doesn’t claim to know it all as she honestly shares the trials and tribulations of parenting her own six children. She holds nothing back as she recounts the areas in which she struggles as well as where she feels she’s succeded. She shows us that we don’t need to feel guilty about our parenting skills. Most importantly, Leslie directs us to our Heavenly Father as the ultimate authority on parenting.
The questions at the end of each chapter are challenging and thought provoking. This book is an excellent resource for Bible study groups or those wishing to study on their own. Leslie backs up her ideas with scripture verses with which we are all familiar and dispels the myths that hold us back as parents. I Enjoyed reading this book and would highly recommend it to parents with children of all ages. Every parent-to-be should read this book.
Rating: 5 / 5
Hilarious at times, but always honest, Parenting Is Your Highest Calling” addresses directly the challenges of parenting. Leslie Leyland Fields acknowledges what hard work raising children really is and how complicated the task of parenting can be. There are no easy answers and I’m relieved that she does not pepper these pages with pat formulas. She speaks from her olwn life and draws upon examples of other “real” people from the real world: friends and acquaintances who serve as examples of parents who break some of those threadbare myths I’ve been laboring beneath. But she also draws upon examples of faithful, daring parenting from scripture and I appreciate this balance between “old” and “new” and her careful and honest examination of her own life. Ultimately, I found this book illuminating and liberating. I highly recommend this book.
Gina Ochsner
Rating: 5 / 5
I might not have picked this up if it weren’t written by a friend/Mama, PhD: Women Write About Motherhood and Academic Life contributor, the brilliant Leslie Leyland Fields. I was never much into parenting/advice books even in the confusing early days of parenting. But, Leslie’s an honest and smart writer, and so I couldn’t resist checking this out. Her book offers common sense words of wisdom and a refreshingly feminist perspective on parenting for those at any stage of the journey. I’m very happy to have read this book, and recommend it highly.
Rating: 5 / 5