Kathy Donnelly, Loyola Press Educational Consultant and mother of four boys, explains what she likes about
Raising Faith-Filled Kids.
The book Raising Faith-Filled Kids and the New Year have something in common. At the New Year, we reflect on the past year’s successes as well as its stumbles. Reading Raising Faith-Filled Kids enables parents to applaud their parenting successes and provides a rubric for identifying and correcting some parenting stumbles.
I really enjoyed this two-tiered approach to learning how to discuss faith in the home setting. An underlining theme of Raising Faith-Filled Kids is that parents know and model more about matters of faith than they give themselves credit for. Throughout the book I felt the author, Tom McGrath, patting me on the back for the good work I have done forming and encouraging my children’s faith.
Yet a parallel theme throughout the book is that I need to do a better job of forming and encouraging each child’s faith. Tom offered me very practical, user-friendly ways to introduce matters of faith into family discussions. I experienced many “Aha!” moments as I discovered that while I felt secure about providing the hearth and home for my child, I was very insecure about providing the heart. I learned that the challenges of honest and frequent faith discussion with my kids can be met with a confidence rooted in “You are doing fine, and help is on the way.”
Raising Faith-Filled Kids provided a game plan for beginning and continuing discussions of faith with my children. The book also reminded me that I am not alone in wanting to win this game, and that I am better at this game than I thought.
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