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Product Description Children don’t come with instructions! It has never been more challenging to be a parent -- or more hazardous to be a child. In Five Needs Your Child Must Have Met at Home, Ron Hutchcraft presents a practical roadmap for how to raise stable children in an unstable world. No matter how far you are on the parenting road, Hutchcraft can show you how to make the most of the days you have left with your children. Five Needs Your Child Must Have Met at Home details the five critical needs of every child: the need for a secure self, honest sexual answers, satisfying love, stable authority, and spiritual reality. You'll learn: how to identify and affirm your children's strengths, how to look beyond you children's deeds to meet their needs, and how to raise children of integrity. From Booklist Christian parenting instructor Hutchcraft uses a breezy motivational style in an inspirational guide to raising children who will be protected against worldly temptations because their deepest needs are met at home. In his view, providing children with a secure sense of self, honest answers to questions about sex, unconditional love, stable authority, and a spiritual relationship with God will enable them to successfully negotiate the challenges of contemporary society. Although most parents would acknowledge that an approach to parenting that emphasizes building self-esteem, openly discussing male and female sexuality, freely expressing love, and informally discussing religion is good, Hutchcraft's social analysis, frequent use of metaphorical slogans, and focus on the Bible may not appeal to those unaccustomed to those methods of making points. Parents who appreciate such a Christian style of presentation, however, will find that this thoughtful, practical handbook has much sage advice to offer. Kathryn Carpenter From the Back Cover Children don't come with instructions! It has never been more challenging to be a parent -- or more hazardous to be a child. In Five Needs Your Child Must Have Met at Home, Ron Hutchcraft presents a practical roadmap for how to raise stable children in an unstable world. No matter how far you are on the parenting road, Hutchcraft can show you how to make the most of the days you have left with your children. Five Needs Your Child Must Have Met at Home details the five critical needs of every child: the need for a secure self, honest sexual answers, satisfying love, stable authority, and spiritual reality. You'll learn: how to identify and affirm your children's strengths, how to look beyond you children's deeds to meet their needs, and how to raise children of integrity. About the Author Ron Hutchcraft is an author, speaker, and international radio host of such programs as “A Word With You” and “Alive! with Ron Hutchcraft,” the most widely circulated Christian youth broadcast in the world. A thirty-four year veteran of youth and family work, Ron has spoken around the world to thousands of people, presenting practical answers to real-life issues. Ron has one wife, three crazy kids, and a pet parakeet named “Cherokee.”