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| Recommendations by Susan Stark On Family and Parenting |
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Spiritual Intelligence What We Can Learn from the Early Awakening Child Marsha Sinetar 214 pages Orbis Books, 2000 Retail Price: $18.00 See Amazon’s discounted price "Spiritual intelligence," says Sinetar, "is inspired thought. It is light, the kiss of life that awakens our sleeping beauty. It animates people of any age, in any situation. In children, that quickening makes boys and girls want to seek out and cultivate their inborn gifts.” This book says let's stay open to that kiss of life. |
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What Young Children Need to Succeed Working Together to Build Assets from Birth to Age 11 Joelene L. Roehlkepartain and Nancy Leffert Ph.D. 300 pages Free Spirit Publishing, 2000 Retail Price: $9.95 See Amazon’s discounted price Based on the ground-breaking work of the Search Institute, this book outlines more than 1,000 practical, creative ways to promote developmental assets which are critical to the healthy growth of children: family support, a caring neighborhood, positive values, and social skills. Parents will find many ideas especially for them. |
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Parenting as a Spiritual Journey Deepening Ordinary and Extraordinary Events into Sacred Occasions Rabbi Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer 183 pages Jewish Lights Publications, 1996 Retail Price: $16.95 See Amazon’s discounted price This book reaches into the depths of the parenting experience and reveals parenting as the awesome spiritual adventure that it is. Through interviews with numerous parents of all faiths, Fuchs-Kreimer shows how parents can find spiritual meaning in the day to day routine of family life and bring a new spiritual awareness to life's most ordinary moments. |
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The Family Virtues Guide Simple Ways to Bring Out the Best in Our Children and Ourselves Linda Kavelin Popov 319 pages Plume Books, 1997 Retail Price: $14.95 See Amazon’s discounted price Concrete and practical examples illustrate how children can practice the 52 virtues - one for each week of the year. Popov presents guidelines for parents on how to teach virtues, as well as strategies for helping children identify the practice of virtues in day to day situations. |
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Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World Seven Building Blocks for Developing Capable Young People H. Stephen Glenn and Jane Nelsen 256 pages Prima Publishing, 1989 Retail Price: $15.95 See Amazon’s discounted price How do parents help children develop the internal strengths necessary to become happy and healthy adults in today's society? Glenn and Nelson's book answers that question. They focus parents and educators on helping young people develop the internal strengths which are the building blocks of moral character. |
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God is in the Small Stuff for Your Family Slow Down and Invite God into the Details of Your Family Life Bruce Bickel and Stan Jantz 251 pages Barbour Publishing, 1999 Retail Price: $12.95 See Amazon’s discounted price Parents who are immersed in the day to day complexities of raising children in today's world will welcome the permission this book gives to stop, breathe, and appreciate God's presence in the small stuff of everyday life. This gem of a book invites families to see how God is involved in the details of their lives. |
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The Shelter of Each Other Rebuilding Our Families Mary Pipher 282 pages Ballantine Books, 1996 Retail Price: $12.95 See Amazon’s discounted price Pipher's hook is a stunningly real commentary on the current socio-cultural situation in which today's family finds itself. When you find your head nodding as you read Pipher's commentary on what is happening in family life today - as if she's describing your own struggles and naming your own gut feelings - you will be ready for what she suggests as the remedies. Many families will find encouragement from the fact that they are well on their way to building the shelters Pipher describes. |
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Susan Stark has worked in various aspects of child and youth ministry at the parish, diocesan and national settings. She has written and edited a variety of products for the Center for Ministry Development. Presently she works as an independent writer and consultant, creating curriculum and resources for families, youth, and children. She lives in San Diego, CA with her husband and four children. |
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