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Parenting with Heart: How Imperfect Parents Can Raise Resilient, Loving, and Wise-Hearted Kids Paperback - 2018

by Stephen James; Chip Dodd


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Parents want to be the best person they can for their children, but much of the time they may feel like giraffes on ice--clumsy, unprepared, and in imminent danger of going down. The good news is, our children don't need perfect parents. They need authentic, fully-hearted, relationally engaged parents who can mess up and move on more than parents who always get it right.

In this freeing book, respected therapists and bestselling authors Stephen James and Chip Dodd invite parents to let go of perfectionism and micromanaging as they learn to parent from a place of emotional honesty and intimacy. Through their clinical experience and relatable true stories, they show parents that raising children to become capable, loving, and wise-hearted adults is far more about accepting our flaws than projecting an impossible standard to our children that we already know we can't live up to. Parents will learn how to resolve issues from their own childhoods, tune into their feelings and the emotions of their children, and be present with their families through both the best and worst of circumstances.

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Your kids don't need perfect parents

Much more than parents who always get it right, what children need is authentic, engaged parents who make mistakes but still keep moving forward. In this freeing book, respected therapists and bestselling authors Stephen James and Chip Dodd invite you to let go of perfectionism and micromanaging as you learn to parent from a place of emotional honesty and intimacy. With their help, you'll learn how to

- accept your flaws
- resolve issues from your own childhood
- tune into your feelings and the emotions of your children
- be present with your family through both the good times and the bad

"A radical and compelling book. 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 created a safe space for you to grow as a parent--to 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 grace--for both your child and yourself."--Sissy Goff, MEd, LPC-MHSP, director of child and adolescent counseling, Daystar Counseling Ministries; speaker; author of 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 God's high calling in the life of a parent without adding to their collective sense of regret and guilt for not being 'perfect.'"--Jimmy Myers, PhD, LPC-S, coauthor of Fearless Parenting: How to Raise Faithful Kids in a Secular Culture


Stephen James, MA, LPC-MHSP, NCC, is the founder and executive director of Sage Hill Counseling in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the bestselling author of five books, including Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys.

Chip Dodd, PhD, LPC-MHSP, NCC, is a teacher, trainer, counselor, and the bestselling author of several books, including The Voice of the Heart. He is the founder of the Center for Professional Excellence, now in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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  • Title Parenting with Heart: How Imperfect Parents Can Raise Resilient, Loving, and Wise-Hearted Kids
  • Author Stephen James; Chip Dodd
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Fleming H. Revell Company
  • Date 2018-10-16
  • ISBN 9780800729394 / 0800729390
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 6.4 x 0.5 in (21.34 x 16.26 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Parenting - Religious aspects - Christianity, Child rearing - Religious aspects -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018014426
  • Dewey Decimal Code 248.845

About the author

Stephen James, MA, LPC-MHSP, NCC, is the founder and executive director of Sage Hill Counseling in Nashville, Tennessee. Before starting Sage Hill Counseling, Stephen worked in private practice for more than a decade. He also works with professionals, C-suite executives, and entrepreneurs to help them not only lead with greater confidence, clarity, integrity, and sustainability, but also to improve their family lives at home. He is the bestselling author of five books, including Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys. He and his wife, Heather, live in Nashville, Tennessee, and have four children.

Chip Dodd, PhD, LPC-MHSP, NCC, is a teacher, trainer, author, and counselor who has been working in the field of recovery and redemption for nearly three decades. He founded the Center for Professional Excellence at Journey Pure in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a multidisciplinary treatment program that brings freedom to professional men struggling with addiction, depression, burnout, anxiety, and other debilitating issues. He and his wife, Sonya, live in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and have two grown sons. He is the author of the bestselling book The Voice of the Heart: A Call to Full Living and several other titles.
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