By Nancy Peterson and Trisha Novotny
24/7 MOMS top reads for 2009 on creating intentional families.
(not in any particular order - just our 10 favorites)
1) Home Court Advantage by Kevin Leman
-connecting at home and why.
2) The Most Important Place on Earth by Robert Wolgemuth
-how to build a strong home.
3) The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family by Patrick Lencioni
-read as a fable, “how to” create a purposeful family using business technique.
4) First Things First by Kurt and Brenda Warner
-told from their view how to build strong families.
5) The Duggars: 20 and Counting by Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar
-if you like the show then you’ll love this book, otherwise you will like getting practical ideas for running a home.
6) The 7 habits of Highly Effective Families by Stephen Covey
-the how to when it comes to creating strong bonded families.
7) Are We Having Fun Yet? The 16 Secrets of Happy Parenting by Kay Willis and Maryann Brinkley
-snapshots of various home building ideas from a real mom of 10.
8) How To keep Your kids on your team by Charles Stanley.
- create strong parent child relationships , with your hands-on presence in parenting.
9) The 10 Commandments of Parenting by Ed Young.
-the Do's and Dont's of Raising Great Kids.
10) Bible- got to have a foundation if the other books are going to matter.
I think it is so awesome that you listed the Bible!
ReplyDeleteWay to go girls... the MUST HAVE book for all your
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Great list. I'm going to start checking these books out from the library. I feel like we have a strong family, but as the kids get older and there are more and more influences it is nice to work on building OUR family.
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