To Train Up A Child

"Turning the hearts of the fathers to the children"--Cover.

To respond to the many letters that Michael and Debi Pearl received after publishing their first book, To Train Up a Child, they started the No Greater Joy magazine. No Greater Joy Volume Two includes articles from the first two years of publication and covers the subjects of rowdy boys, homeschooling, grief, and much more.

Train Up a Child explores how private schools in Old Order Amish communities reflect and perpetuate church-community values and identity. Here, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner asserts that the reinforcement of those values among children is imperative to the survival of these communities in the modern world. Surveying settlements in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, Johnson-Weiner finds that, although Old Order communities have certain similarities in their codes of conduct, there is no standard Old Order school. She examines the choices each community makes—about pedagogy, curriculum, textbooks, even school design—to strengthen religious ideology, preserve the social and linguistic markers of Old Order identity, and protect their own community's beliefs and values from the influence of the dominant society. In the most comprehensive study of Old Order schools to date, Johnson-Weiner provides valuable insight into how variables such as community size and relationship with other Old Order groups affect the role of these schools in maintaining behavioral norms and in shaping the Old Order's response to modernity.

Training children in the way they should go involves more than disciplining them -- there are biblical values to instill and obstacles to help them avoid. As parents train their children, they can be confident that God will give them strength and guidance to give their children everything they need for success. Readers can expect nothing less than God's best for their family as they train up your child in the way he should go!

Practical steps for raising godly children in an ungodly world. * For parents, teachers, counselors, and anyone who interacts with children. * Features biblical methods to motivate parents and children. * Author is the principal of Ets Chaiyim (Tree of Life) School of Beth Messiah, Gaithersburg, Md.

Michael and Debi Pearl, parents of five grown children and nineteen grandchildren (more yet to come), have shared their successful experiences of child training to three generations. Together they authored To Train Up a Child, which has sold over 660,000 copies. Michael's newest book, Training Children to Be Strong in Spirit, is a perfect complement to Train Up a Child. Their books have sold into the millions and are available in many languages. Tens of thousands of parents have testified of life-changing experiences that came with applying what they read.