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Parenting with Heart is a radical and compelling book for parents and grandparents, who know in their heart parenting is not easy. It is foolish to believe something as important as parenting can be legislated into a few steps or principles. James and Dodd offer a map to guide your engagement with your children and the wisdom to do so humbly, even in the face of inevitable struggles. Parenting changes us all, but often it turns us more toward guilt or worry. This brilliant resource will give you a path for joy and rich relationships with your children. You (and your children) will not be the same after reading this book.

Dan B. Allender , PhD, professor of counseling psychology and founding president of The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology; author of Healing the Wounded Heart and How Children Raise Parents

Stephen James and Chip Dodd have invited you into their counseling offices in this book. They have created a safe space for you to grow as a parentto learn, to laugh, to be honest about your vulnerability and imperfection, and to discover. You will finish this book with more hope, more understanding, and more gracefor both your child and yourself.

Sissy Goff , MEd, LPC-MHSP, director of child and adolescent counseling, Daystar Counseling Ministries; speaker; and author of numerous books, including Are My Kids on Track?

Every beleaguered parent who reads this book is going to let out a massive sigh of relief. Finally, a book that is not telling them what to do and how they are not measuring up. Stephen James and Chip Dodd do a masterful job of defining Gods high calling in the life of a parent without adding to their collective sense of regret and guilt for not being perfect. I had to laugh out loud when I read the subheading, Clumsy is as good as it gets! And all the parents said, Amen!

Jimmy Myers , PhD, LPC-S, coauthor of Fearless Parenting: How to Raise Faithful Kids in a Secular Culture

I trust Chip Dodd and Stephen James. I trust and value their work as counselors and teachers. More importantly, I trust them as people and as fathers themselves. These wise men are inviting us into a more sustainable way to parent the kids we love, whatever ages they may be. Chip and Stephen are showing us how to be clumsy and courageous at the same time. I will recommend this book to countless parents, and Ill be revisiting this rich content as a dad myself.

David Thomas , LMSW, director of family counseling, Daystar Counseling Ministries; coauthor of eight books, including Intentional Parenting

As Stephen James and Chip Dodd so effectively articulate, parenting with heart is infinitely more wonderfuland more challenging!than trying to control our kids behavior and future. While we may think having happy, successful children is the highest goal, thats a poor substitute for raising kids who can love and learn from life on lifes terms. Stephen and Chip share vulnerably from their own parenting journeys, guiding those of us who long to embrace the adventure and freedom of being full-hearted parents. In reading this book, you will grow and be transformed, which means your children will grow and be transformed too. Dont settle for endless striving to be a perfect parent. Follow Stephen and Chip and be a gloriously clumsy, fabulously good-enough parent instead.

Dr. Jeramy and Jerusha Clark , authors of several books, including the award-winning Your Teenager Is Not Crazy: Understanding Your Teen s Brain Can Make You a Better Parent