Shepherding a Child's Heart
by Tedd Tripp
Parenting aimed at the heart rather than behaviour: communication, discipline, and the gospel as the centre, with a controversial defence of corporal discipline that many readers set aside. Influential in conservative evangelical circles.
Read it if…
you want the heart-focused parenting argument and will weigh the discipline sections yourself.
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Skip it if…
you reject spanking entirely; the book defends it.
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Three things you will actually use
- Address the heart, not just the behaviour.
- Communication is the main tool.
- The gospel is the goal of parenting.
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Read the chapters on the heart and on communication.
Our verdict
The heart, and a contested method.
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