You want to know some of the best parenting books? Read about Gladys Alyward, George Mueller, Cameron Townsend, Nate Saint,  David Livingstone and Mary Jones and her Bible. Read about their mothers and fathers. Find out who raised these Heroes of the faith.

Read about the Pilgrims. Read about all that they sacrificed and did with out. Read about Hudson Taylor, Charles Wesley and Spurgeon. Read about the people who died for their faith. Read about the martyrs.

It's amazing how much you learn about parenting when reading about  these amazing people.

When I read And When the Word Came to Power to my four older children you wouldn't believe how much we learned. Joanne Shelter taught not only me but my children what it means to give up a dream to follow and do what God wanted. The sacrifices she made to do God's will and the faith she had. You see it all unfold in a 20yr span of Joanne's life. She is truly an amazing women.

I learn so much from all these people and I read about them to my children and see how they help me shape my children into young people who love the Lord.

Family radio programs and parenting books are all good, but don't forget about all the great books on the lives of faithful men & women who lived their lives according to God's word. They can teach us so much.

The children and I will sometimes pretend to be these people. We wonder what it would be like to have been Mary in the book Mary on Horseback. We talk about their lives and what they gave up.

I have introduced lots of stories about missionaries to my children at an early age of 4 (thanks to Sonlight) and although many parents think some of these stories are too much for such young children (only you know your family) for my children I think it has helped them to see that the world is bigger than the four walls around them. I want them to know at an early age that people don't have all the things that we take for granted. I want my children to know at an early age that there is more to life than their wants and needs. I want my children to pray for the lost at an early age.

When Joshua was 6yrs old he was thinking of ways to raise money for the Tsunami victims. My children have given up all their little saving to send to the Katrina victims. They save to send money to missionaries. I believe this is because they know of the suffering of this world.

I don't over burden them but I do let them know that people need God. When we leave the house I tell them that they are the salt & light of this earth. They are God's representatives. When people see us we want them to see Jesus.