Early in the year, I had the opportunity to be on the launch team for Motivate Your Child, an excellent parenting book that gives Bible based, practical advice for dealing with areas in your child’s life that need change, using a heart based approach. I was quite taken by this book. (You can read my review here.) It resonated with me because (1) we’ve always tried to use parenting techniques that will get at heart issues in our kids and (2) it actually had practical examples and suggestions- not just theoretical advice. I was so encouraged by the book that I wrote a blog post series- 5 Days of Insight From Motivate Your Child. Because the book had such an impact in my parenting thinking- and Jason’s as I shared with him- I was very excited to be on the launch team for an accompanying book- Motivate Your Child Action Plan.

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Motivate Your Child Action Plan (and the previous Motivate Your Child book) was written by Dr. Turansky and Joanne Miller, RN,BSN. Dr. Turansky is a pastor with two masters degrees and a doctorate degree. He has parented his own four children and now has grandchildren. Joanne Miller has been a pediatric nurse for 25 years and has parented her two sons who are now grown. These two bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Motivate Your Child books.

Although Motivate Your Child already had some practical advice and suggestions, Motivate Your Child Action Plan is a workbook or sorts with a detailed method to work on a specific behavior or behaviors of your child to see changes within forty days. The book is written workbook style, and you can write in it as you go or use an additional notebook to work through the process. I like the idea of using a notebook to work through because this is definitely a process that can be used again and again with different children and different behavior.

The chapters of the book take parents and children through a process, using multiple strategies and frequent meetings as they tackle specific behavior together. There are twelve chapters that build on each other as you follow the process.
- Change in Forty Days
- Where Do You Want to Go?
- The Map to Get There
- Working Together
- A Place For Firmness
- Visioning Moves You Forward
- Teaching Shows the Way
- Spiritual Energy Provides Strength
- Coaching Sets the Attitude
- Building Motivation From Within
- Growing Together
- Good Theology Makes it Work





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