First Ask Why by Shelly Wildman (Book Review!)

First Ask Why: Raising Kids to Love God Through Intentional Discipleship

by Shelly Wildman

(received in exchange for an honest review)

Genre- Religion / Christian Life / Family

Published by- Kregel Publications

Copyrighted- 2018

Number of pages- 176

Age Group- Adult (Parents)

Description of book- paperback, listed price- $14.99, ISBN 978-0-8254-4486-9

Parenting can be really tough.  We are bombarded with with information and advice, and we feel that we aren’t doing it right at all.  Most books focus on how to get the behavior we expect.  Shelly Wildman and her husband decided to focus on how to focus on your family and children individually.  No family is the same, so we need to focus on building a firm foundation for our children and families.

About the Author-

Shelly Wildman currently lives in Illinois and is a mom of three adult daughters.  She is a writer and speaker.

My thoughts-

This book is one of the most interesting parenting books I’ve read.  It really shows how to strengthen and grow my family.  I know as a Christian that it is important to help our children to grow in their life with God.  This book shows how Shelly Wildman and her husband did this in her family.

I like how this book is divided into four sections: “Our Charge,” “Our Challenge,” “Our Compassion,” and “Our Contribution.”  I could focus on the areas that I thought are the most important to our family at this point in time. 

I did spend a lot of time reading, underlining, and studying the information in this book, so I can best serve my children.  I really appreciated the questions at the end of each chapter, because they gave me a way to think more deeply about the chapter.

I would like to have a bibliography at the back of the book.  There were so many interesting books listed, that I an easy to view list of them.

I highly recommend this book to parents and soon-to-be parents. 

Disclosure of Material Connection- I received First Ask Why, by Shelly Wildman, for free from Kregel Publications’ Blog Tour.  All links were current when posted.  I was not required to write a positive review.  The opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family.  I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.