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Review & Giveaway–The Five Love Languages of Children
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The Five Love Languages of Children
By Gary Chapman, PhD, and Ross Campbell, MD
About the Book:
To be their best, children need to feel loved. But if you and your child speak different love languages, your affection might get lost in translation, affecting the child’s attitude, behavior, and development. Dr. Gary Chapman’s groundbreaking Five Love Languages series has helped millions of couples communicate love more clearly, and Dr. Ross Campbell M.D. has applied the innovative system to children as well. The 5 Love Languages of Children gives practical suggestions for learning how your children interpret love and creating a sense of security in which they can thrive.
Brenda Says:
Raising children is a difficult job. But when you can speak to their individual love language, it just makes the job a little bit easier. Knowing and recognizing the way they give and receive love can help you to understand your child. It will help you to fortify and grow your personal relationship with them.
I really enjoyed this book and learning which love language my own son understands best. His language is that of affirmation. This means that he likes for others to use words to tell him that he is special and he does a good job. I kind of guessed this already, but it is nice to know I am speaking his language.
The other love languages are the following:
Physical Touch–These people like to receive hugs, kisses, and high fives.
Gifts–These people feel good when someone gives them a special present or surprise.
Acts of Service–These people like it when others do nice things for them such as helping with chores, helping with school projects, or driving them places.
Quality Time–These people like it when others do things with them like watch a movie, go out to eat, or play a game.
Here is a little game that is included in the book to help your child determine their love language. Just have them choose the letter of the comment they like best and wish that their mom or dad would say to them. (There are no wrong answers.) When they are done, have them count how many A’s, B’s, C’s, D’s, and E’s that they chose. Then reference the chart at the end to discover their love language!
1. A–Give me a hug!
B–You are terrific!
2. C–I’ve got a special birthday present for you!
D–I’ll help you with your project.
3. E–Let’s go to a movie.
A–Give me a high five!
4. B–You are so smart!
C–Have you made your Christmas list?
5. D–Would you help me cook dinner?
E–I like going to fun places with you!
6. A–Give me a kiss!
B–You are #1!
7. C–I’ve got a surprise for you.
D–We can make something really cool.
8. E–Let’s Watch TV together!
A–Tag, you’re it!
9. B–You did a great job!
C–You’ve earned a special surprise!
10. D–You can invite your friends.
E–Let’s go to your favorite restaurant.
11. A–I’m going to give you a big hug!
B–You are an awesome kid!
12. C–I made your favorite food.
D–I checked your homework, and it looks great!
13. E–You are fun to hang out with!
A–I’ll race you!
14. B–Wow! You did it!
C–Check under your bed for a special present!
15. D–I cleaned up your room for you.
E–Let’s play a game together.
16. A–Would you like for me to scratch your back?
B–You can do it! Don’t give up!
17. C–What would you like for your birthday?
D–We can pick up your friend on the way to the movie.
18. E–I always like doing stuff with you.
A–You are so huggable!
19. B–How did you know how to do that? You are brilliant!
C–I can’t wait to give you your present!
20. D–Don’t worry! I’ll pick you up on time!
E. Let’s spend the day doing whatever you want to do!
Count up how many of each letter you have and find which one you have the most. Then look below for which love language you speak:
A’s–A’s stand for physical touch.
B’s–B’s stand for words of affirmation.
C’s–C’s stand for gifts.
D’s–D’s stand for acts of service.
E’s–E’s stand for quality time.
Now before you think you don’t need the book, you do! The book covers each love language in depth to help you understand it and how to relate to the language your child speaks.
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Review & Giveaway-A Perfect Pet for Peyton
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A Perfect Pet for Peyton
By Rick Osborne & Gary Chapman
About the Book:
This wonderfully imaginative children’s hardcover book by bestselling authors Gary Chapman and Rick Osborne, featuring four-color illustrations (with hidden details!) by Wilson Williams, Jr., will help children learn the importance of love. Based on Gary’s highly successful The 5 Love Languages®, A Perfect Pet for Peyton tells an entertaining and playful story of five children who each, with the help of Mr. Chapman and the unique pets at his special emporium, discover their own personal love language. Children and parents alike will experience firsthand the power of the love languages as they cuddle up and spend precious time together reading this book over and over again.*Free interactive app with in-book experience COMING SOON to the Apple App Store.
Brenda Says:
I absolutely LOVE this book! It is just the cutest book I have seen in awhile. I love the colorful illustrations and how the book is so interactive. There is something to do on every page, besides just reading the cute story. If your kids enjoy seek and find activities, they will love this book. This will be a book we will treasure for many years to come and will be proud to have it on and off of our bookshelf. I know it will be off of our bookshelf often because someone will be busy reading it!
Now here is the good news! You can win one of these adorable books for your home! Just follow the instructions below and you are entered to win.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or
services mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it
on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally
and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance
with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the
Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
Review–OK, God, Now What?
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OK, GOD, Now What?
By Donald C. Mann
From the Publisher:
In OK God, Now What?, Don Mann, a successful scientist, businessman, and long time Christian lay minister, reveals God’s core principles for uniting your heart on God and producing success in every part of life. By combining Bible truth, modern discoveries on how the brain operates, and practical tools to renew your mind, OK God, Now What? opens the doors to help you fulfill your best dreams.
In this life-changing book, Don explains the long hidden biblical technology for renewing the mind and how recent medical psychological and neurological discovers confirm and magnify these powerful truths. Then Don gives practical steps on how to renew your mind to harness the unlimited potential of you and God working together to bring His Kingdom to Earth in order to achieve exactly what your inner man desires.
With these tools in OK, God, Now What? you can flourish in any economy or business environment, and in any situation to produce the best God has for you and yours. Whether that is yourself, your family, your parenting, your children, your church, your neighborhood, your vocations and ministries, or your company, God has wonderful answers and blessing, and Don shows you how to get and enjoy them.
With OK, God, Now What? build the neurons that to lead to love, prosperity and divine health. Provide the right pathways in neural synapses that release the right thinking that leads to the power of God in your life. Learn how to do Godly behavior modification that lasts. Change your behavior by changing your thinking by using the God-given tools of adult heart education to transform your life.
Have you been waiting for the right impartation? The right anointing? That special word? That special gifting? You already have them if you are born again in Christ. What has been missing is you making the grace and truth of Jesus Christ a reality in your heart, the unconscious or subconscious mind.
Discover this wonderful truth, if you have been waiting on God to move, He has been waiting on you. By using OK, God, Now What? for training your subconscious mind in God’s grace, truth and love, you can now work effectively with God to manifest your destiny in Him.
In OK, God, Now What? you will learn how to:
From developing the skill and honing the approaches, to laying the foundation and adopting the right attitudes that shape your destiny, OK God, Now What? shows you how to use God’s ancient secrets to producing His goodness in the earth, and for you to fulfill your purpose in life.
OK, God, Now What? gives you the biblical truth, the biology of the human nervous system, and a step-by-step process to make your heart the powerful tool of God to release His goodness into every part of life.
OK, God, Now What? gives a step-by-step guide and instructions on how to enter God’s prosperity, true love, miracles, peace, ministry, destiny, family, faith, endurance, rise like an eagle in adversity and tough times, victory and success in every part of life. Do it God’s way for His best results.
The Affirmations in OK, God, Now What? are designed for daily straight through use or in smaller sections as inspirational devotions.
Yes, OK, God, Now What? does describe ancient techniques and spiritual disciplines for Scripture centered spirituality that are working in sports, business and all parts of life to the glory of Father God by Jesus Christ our Lord.
OK, God, Now What? is so rich with scripture that the entire book is a powerful devotional or Bible study guide. With so many Bible verses, each chapter is a powerful resource. This makes this book an awesome value just for study.
Brenda Says:
This was a very difficult review to do. I have been avoiding it, but I just need to say what I think.
When I was originally asked about reviewing this book, I didn’t know much about it. The title held a lot of promise and I thought it would be a wonderful book to read and implement in my life. We have all been there when we just want to ask God, “Now What???” I thought this would be a book about faith and discovering how to accept and find God’s plan for your life. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
This book is New Age philosophy with a little bit of scripture thrown in. It is literally the philosophies of men mingled with scripture. In our home, we refer to this as Rameumpton. In fact, when I handed the book to my husband, he read a little of it and then proclaimed it to be exactly that. To say that the mutterings and chants that the book says you need to do made me uncomfortable would be an understatement.
I cannot in good conscience recommend this book. I would recommend that you step away from it and turn to the actual word of God found in His scriptures. Jesus tells us that He is the Way, the truth and the Life, and that no man can come unto the Father but by and through Him. That is the only way. Books that are the philosophies of men, mingled with scripture are NOT the way.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received the products mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on our website. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
