Trophy Child
Saving Parents from Performance, Preparing Children for Something Greater Than Themselves
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Written for every mom who helps too much with homework just to impress the teacher and every dad who takes credit for his daughter’s soccer success, Trophy Child will give parents the encouragement they need to nurture their kids into who God created them to be. Our culture’s obsession with achievement often leads parents to form expectations for their kids based on the world’s standards, not on the Bible. As a result, their kids feel they never measure up. Trophy Child will help modern Christian parents create a home where children find success in following their heavenly Father’s leading for them—and readers know the joy of seeing their children embrace their full potential as children of God.
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In this "Anti-Tiger Mom Book" an allusion to the controversial parenting book by Amy Chua Cunningham offers up a screed against modern-day "vanity parenting." As described by Cunningham, this phenomenon manifests as an obsession with a child's performance in extracurricular activities one that ultimately defines worth based on the values imposed by parents and adults. Cunningham's book is designed as a guide to help parents raise their children not based on worldly standards, but on God's standards. It's difficult to be sure if Cunningham's prose is pedantic but it certainly sounds that way in this audio edition, thanks to the slow, painfully overenunciated narration of Kirby Heyborne. His reading is so monotonous and precise that it's hard to imagine it appealing to Christian parents hoping to raise pious and faithful children. In the end, both Heyborne and audiobook sound disingenuous and affected. A David C. Cook paperback.
