Audra Jennings

Part 2 of an interview with Hettie Brittz, author of Growing Kids with Character Read part one of the interview here. Parents are faced with the enormous task of not only raising their children to be productive members of society but also helping them grow into the individuals God intended them to be. However, God created each child and each parent to be unique, so what parenting techniques work for some children do not work for others. In Growing Kids with Character: Nurturing Your Child’s Potential, Purpose, and Passion (David C Cook), Hettie Brittz offers parents advice tailored to their own personality as well as to the temperament of each of their children. Q: Why do parents need to change and shape themselves to raise their child instead of demanding the child be more pliable? Doesn’t this put the child in charge and teach him or her that everyone should bow to his or her needs? It can easily seem as though Growing Kids with Character promotes child-centered ...

  Part 1 of an interview with Hettie Brittz, author of Growing Kids with Character In Growing Kids with Character: Nurturing Your Child’s Potential, Purpose, and Passion (David C Cook), Hettie Brittz helps parents identify their child’s natural bent and how that affects their parenting journey. Hettie’s famous tree metaphors show ways to let kids excel at being who they naturally are. Author and speaker Hettie Brittz helps readers identify their kids’ natural bent and understand how that affects the parenting journey. Parents will learn how to: Cultivate each of their kids’ unique way of encountering, following, and worshiping God Disciple and discipline based on each child’s blueprint Recognize your child’s strongest characteristics and apply that knowledge to everyday life Speak your child’s unique dialect (or “tree language”) to foster effective communication Help their children celebrate God’s individualized design for others Brittz offers tools to...