I'll Go First

Okay, I figured that since I asked the first question (about impressions from the title of the book) that I would be the first to answer. Here goes:

When I first read about the book on Angie's site I wasn't sure what I was expecting really. But I figured if she suggested it, then it must be worth reading. If any of you have not been to her site I would highly recommend you check in there every once in awhile. Alright, I'm getting off the subject.

When the book came and I actually read the title again I didn't know what I thought about it. How NOT to recycle our parents mistakes...That's pretty heavy. I mean, I don't think that my parents are perfect, but I think that I turned out reasonably well. Don't get me wrong...our family is like everyone else's and was not without it's share of issues. It's a little easier to look at the way they parented my brothers for me to see a few things that I would like to not repeat, but we're all human right? So I was a little confused and a little defensive of my own up-bringing and quite frankly my own parenting. Then I began to read the forward and the first chapter and to me it became a little clearer. I think what the author is trying to remind us that none of us are perfect and we never will be. God is the only perfect parent we will ever have. But, that being said, we can consciously have a plan to involve God in our parenting. I will admit that in the past I have considered Supernanny more of a parenting reference than I did God. Not good! But honestly, it didn't really occur to me to be prayerful about how I am parenting my kids beyond the usual, "Please God, give me strength and patience to get through this day."
So, I guess I am glad that I did not let the title leave a bad taste in my mouth for this book. I want to be open to what the author has to say and I want to take her advice and be more prayerful about my parenting.

Lord, please continue to bless us as we move forward reading this book and diving further into your word as it relates to raising our children. We are in no way perfect people or perfect parents, but we can consciously choose to turn our eyes and our thoughts to you to help us navigate these waters.