Regret Free Parenting is one of the most thought provoking
books on parenting that I have read in a while. Written by a woman named
Catherine Hickem, it is full of first hand experience and friendly advice. Many
books will give you advice, expecting you to take it for what it is, with no
thinking on your own. Hickem fully expects us as readers to think what is best
for our family, what works in our individual situation, and even to disagree –
which she says is a sign of thinking things through.
I have found Regret Free Parenting to give mothers the
confidence that they need to raise their kids, yet to fully lean on their faith
in God. I found it refreshing that while Hickem sees children as people in
their own right, she doesn’t suggest that they are the authority. She leaves
the job of parenting and decision making where it belongs – to the parents –
and she shows us how to teach our children to make smart choices for themselves
when the time is right.
I recommend this to any mother, or father, who wants to
learn new ways to parent in a loving, Christian, and intentional way.
