Through a Child's Eyes: Christian Parenting from Infancy to Five Year

By Pam Carson

A child’s early years lay the foundation for nurturing a child’s faith and planting the seeds of how they are valued in God’s eyes. The insights of how children think and how they process the world around them help us to meet their needs while building trust. The first five years form the basis for this trust. They are learning everything—from walking, talking, understanding, feeling, learning right from wrong, and mastering the English language. They live in a world of fantasy where anything is possible. Children tend to believe anything we tell them without question! That is why we must be especially careful what we say to them.

Self-evaluation of our personalities, our journey through life, and how all this has molded our faith and affected our communication can help us raise our children. We can learn to be more sensitive to the little soul God has given us. These little ones are like a new journal, and as parents, we get the blessing to write on the first pages of a child’s life. These are the tender years. These years are the foundation of a child’s view of themself, their faith, and the world around them.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Release date: May 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9781638854869

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Children Grow Like Flowers

The more we understand and know about a specific species of flower, the more we are able to provide the best amount of water, sun, and soil. Small sprouts are like children. They are very tender, need safety, cultivation of rich soil (their environment), and nurturing (their needs.) In these early years, the foundations of trust strengthen them as they grow.

The more we understand babies and children, their nature, their needs, the way they think, and their personal bent (individual personality and strengths) that God has given them, the more we are able to help them grow into the person God has made them. One of the greatest gifts we can give a child is to raise him/her for who God has made them and not what we want them to