Learn strategies for raising happy, confident, and respectful children.

Regardless of where you are in the parenting process, you know that parenting is a far-reaching responsibility. There's no greater privilege than helping your children develop into happy, mature adults.

But how?
Twenty years of childhood goes by very quickly. Indeed, it can seem like a blink. At the end of twenty years, you will have, standing in front of you, your adult child, a product of your parenting. What kind of a person do you hope your child will become?

While there's no absolute formula, Jeanie Davis Pullen's parenting approach gives fresh, practical insights for raising gracious and thoughtful children. In her warm, candid style, she reveals practical strategies from her own experience for how it can be done.

Pullen believes that parenting:

• Needs to be purposeful, conscious and proactive.
  
  
• Should be motivated by important qualities you want to encourage in your child.

In her book, Pullen reveals her own list of 20 important qualities which became her parenting plan. Among other characteristics, she wanted her children to have a sense of wonderment, communicate well, be confident, have no guilt, and respect themselves, others and the environment.

Each chapter details the methods she used to encourage those qualities in her children. She tells of activities and experiences that were consciously and consistently selected to support her parenting plan.

“Ms. Pullen presents a highly readable fabric of teaching/learning examples that are quilt-like – small patches of practical wisdom in mini-chapters of three of four pages, longer than mere anecdotes but beautifully woven components of a whole work.”

ATM, Ivanhoe.com
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Consistent parenting choices can make the difference in how a child will grow.

Pullen’s gentle wisdom guides you in forming your own coherent approach.

You’ll see how to:

• Take advantage of every day situations – play dates, trips to the grocery store, and school activities – to teach patience, compassion, and respect.
  
  
• Implement practical, easy-to-do strategies for fostering kindness and healthy self-esteem.
  
  
• Turn misbehaving into positive learning experiences for parent and child.

"Never preachy or didactic, her conversational, down-home style invites you to share her insights so that you might deepen your heartfelt vision for your child."

LPR, Family Matters
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• Enhance trust between you and your child.
  
  
• Proactively plan your responses to unexpected situations that arise in the parenting process – responses that will support your parenting plan and strengthen the values you want to teach.

“I have started using some of the ideas … and have become a more intentional parent.”

A Reader
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Whether you're a parent, an extended family member, or expecting your first child, you'll be inspired by Pullen’s thoughtful, straight-forward advice and common-sense philosophy.

"An absence of lists and to-dos and not to-dos gives the book a fluidity resembling the kind of conversation one might have with a close friend or neighbor."

ATM, Ivanhoe.com
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Start becoming a more intentional parent today.

What readers are saying:

"I received your book, read it - no, savored it - and have started to share it with friends."

"…thank you for a heart-warming reminder of how it's supposed to work."

“ … honors children as important individuals and also gives practical advice for establishing a 'sturdy foundation' upon which children can build their lives.”

"…a treasure of a book."

Buy Life Teachings: Raising a Child from Amazon.com. $12.95. Paperback, 112 pages.

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