As you know well, parenting is tough, and we need a guide to raise our kids well. For Christian parents, we have an additional responsibility according to scripture.
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6
Here are 12 of the Best Christian Parenting Books
Overall Lessons
14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family
In the midst of busy schedules, it’s easy to lose sight of our ultimate purpose as parents.
In this life-giving book, Paul Tripp offers parents much more than a to-do list. Instead, he presents us with a big-picture view of God’s plan for us as parents. This book is gospel-centered and will help give you the vision you need to parent.
The 5 Love Languages of Children – The Secret to Loving Children Effectively
This is a best seller for raising children. And not unjustly, as it is a valuable communication guide with your child. In your daily life, you will have found many times that communication with your child sometimes reaches a dead end.
Shepherding a Child’s Heart
This is a book for parents of children of any age. Dive into this book to get fresh biblical perspectives and procedures for shepherding your child’s heart into the paths of life.
Parenting Kids Online & Creating Boundaries
Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World
Ever heard these words? “But everyone else has it.” “If you loved me, you’d get it for me!”
When you hear these comments, our instinct is often to give in. In this book, Kristen Welch shares the long-term risk of giving your kids everything they want and how to brin. You’ll walk away with practical tips and anecdotes on how to bring up faith-filled kids who will love God, serve others, and grow into hardworking, fulfilled, and successful adults.
Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full: Gospel Meditations for Busy Moms
Motherhood is tough, and sometimes it feels like each day gets tougher―making it hard to experience true joy in Christ.
This is encouraging book for moms that reorients our vision of motherhood and will help you treasure Christ no matter how busy you are.
Boundaries with Kids: When to Say Yes, When to Say No, to Help Your Children Gain Control of Their Lives
Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend have heard this question thousands of times from parents…”How can we help our sons and daughters form healthy boundaries that lead them to live well-rounded and successful adult lives?”
Boundaries with Kids helps parents apply the Ten Laws of Boundaries (first described in Boundaries) to the challenges of raising children. This book is a must for parents to make a lifelong investment in their kids.
Raising Sons
Wild Things- The Art of Nurturing Boys
This book acts as an encouraging and practical guide for raising boys down the path of authentic and healthy manhood. The authors are therapists who work with boys and are also fathers of sons.
This book will help you address the physical, emotional, and spiritual parts of raising boys in a Godly way.
Boys Should Be Boys: 7 Secrets to Raising Healthy Sons
Boys will always be boys, building forts, living with adventure, and playing with curiosity. Unfortunately, today our sons face an increasingly hostile world that doesn’t value the spirited nature of boys.
Read this and help raise your son to become the mature, confident, and thoughtful men of tomorrow.
Strong Mothers, Strong Sons
In this book, learn the lesson that every mother needs to know in order to strengthen, or rebuild, her relationship with her son.
Children today face unique challenges and boys are no different in that. Raising boys can feel overwhelming but this book offers a road maps to help moms find their strength to raise extraordinary sons.
Raising Daughters
Bringing Up Girls
Peer pressure, decisions about romance, and demand on academics are just a few of the challenges girls consistently face. The age at which they experience challenge is getting younger.
This book acts as a guide to equip you to guide your daughter on her journey to womanhood. Dr. James Dobson will help you raise your daughter in a way that will strengthen her true identity.
Raising a Daughter After God’s Own Heart
This is a book addressed to mothers about raising their daughters. The principles that are taught, however, can be applied to the upbringing of our children in general. Written by bestselling author, Elizabeth George, this book is an inspirational resource for moms who want to lead their daughter to a Godly life through example, encouragement, scripture, and prayer.
52 Things Daughters Need From Their Dads
Dads – this is a book you will feel encouraged, respected, and motivated – not made to feel guilty.
Gain tangible lessons, activities, and actions you can do to help your daughter gain confidence and become the woman she was created to be.
Summary
We hope that one or many of these books will help arm you as you aim to raise your children in a biblical way. By reading this article, you’re already on the path and your kids will be better off for it.