Publisher Description
The love you have for your children can give them a foundation for life -- provided you show it in the ways they need most. And now there’s help from the people best qualified to give it: moms like you who are successfully meeting the challenge. What Every Child Needs draws on the insights of moms across the United States and on the latest research to help you meet your children’s nine basic needs for -- Security: Hold-Me-Close Love -- Affirmation: Crazy-About-Me Love -- Belonging: Fit-Me-Into-the-Family Love -- Discipline: Give-Me-Limits Love -- Guidance: Show-Me-and-Tell-Me Love -- Respect: Let-Me-Be-Me Love -- Play: Play-With-Me Love -- Independence: Let-Me-Grow-Up Love -- Hope: Give-Me-Hope Love -- Using a child’s language of love, Elisa Morgan and Carol Kuykendall of Mothers of Preschoolers International (MOPS) show you how to recognize and meet each need . . . and how to respect your own needs in the process. You’ve got what it takes! And you don’t have to be Supermom to do it -- just the mother and the person you are. What Every Child Needs is full of sound advice and encouraging words. It’s liberally seasoned with poignant stories and wise, witty quotes from moms. And it’s well-stocked with practical suggestions for how to start meeting your child’s different needs today. This upbeat book will give you what you need to give your children what they need. So say good-bye to those nagging fears and self-doubts . . . and hello to healthy, effective parenting.
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“What every mom needs is her own personal copy of What Every Child Needs…Filled with hope and helpful suggestions, this book could well serve as a family life preserver.”
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Claudia and David Arp, authors of 10 Great Dates to Revitalize Your Marriage
About the Authors
Elisa Morgan is a nationally recognized speaker and the author of more than fifteen books, including the bestselling What Every Mom Needs and Mom’s Devotional Bible. She has served as CEO of Mothers of Preschoolers International (MOPS) since 1989. She is also the publisher of MomSense and and is a frequent contributor to Christianity Today. Morgan and her husband, Evan, have two grown children and live in Colorado.
Carol kuykendall is director of special projects at Mothers of Preschoolers International (MOPS) and the author of four books including Give Them Wings and Learning to Let Go. A popular seminar and retreat speaker, Carol also writes for Guideposts and Daily Guideposts, and has been a guest on Focus on the Family and Family Life Today radio broadcasts. Carol lives with her husband in Colorado.