Raising an Original - by Julie Lyles Carr (Paperback)

About the Book

Raising an Original, by popular speaker and blogger Julie Lyles Carr, will help parents discover their children's God-given gifts, find the distinctive temperament of each child, and help them set their child on the path of God's purpose. With practical tools and assessments, readers will better understand themselves and their unique child.

Book Synopsis

Parents and those who work with children will find inspiration and practical tools for raising children based on each child's unique gifts and talents. Includes a detailed Personality Trait Assessment Tool.

Most parents approach the task of raising children with their own agendas and histories. Plus, they're bombarded with all kinds of advice, plans, and programs. They define their philosophies, develop household rules, set schedules in motion, and ultimately look to create little versions of themselves.

But, as many parents soon realize, one philosophy doesn't always work for every child. Just ask mom of eight Julie Lyles Carr. As Julie discovered, God has given each child specific gifts, temperaments, abilities, and capacities for specific purposes, and it's a parent's job to help them flourish.

In Raising an Original, you will learn to help your children:

• Understand their unique strengths and the challenges associated with them
• Discover their God-given gifts and how to use them for His glory
• Succeed regardless of their circumstances

Raising an Original will provide you with tools for better communication with your children as well as insight into providing unique guidance and discipline for each child. With a helpful and detailed Personality Trait Assessment Tool included as a major part of the book, you will understand yourselves, your parenting style, and your child better.

And, ultimately, you'll find freedom in discovering that God hasn't asked you to raise perfect children; He's asked you to raise children of purpose - children who know who they are, who they're called to be, and their unique role in God's kingdom.

Review Quotes

In the age of political correctness there is supreme importance placed on normality. For parents, there is a very real temptation to produce cookie-cutter kids who don't stand out and do not stand up for truth. Raising an Original highlights a critical point, that your child is a unique image-bearer of the Almighty, and it is this originality that should be celebrated and nurtured. If you want to raise children that desire to glorify God by unabashedly reflecting his distinctiveness, buy this book.--Dr. Joshua Myers, Operations Director and Clinical Counselor at the Timothy Center, Instructor of Psychology at Liberty University, and cohost of Pairadocs Podcast

Julie's message of your unique calling to raise your one-of-a- kind child is one every parent needs to hear. Y ou will finish it feeling confident and purposeful and up for the task.--Natalie Hanson, wife to Taylor Hanson, mother of five, writer and blogger at http: //natonthewall.com

We love this book! Julie has given every parent an incredible gift---to see through the eyes of their child. It's revolutionary. You won't be the same parent after you read this fantastic book and use the proven personality tool.--Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott, No. 1 New York Times bestseller authors of Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts

What I loved about Raising an Original is that is wasn't writ- ten by an ivory-tower member of academia, it was written by a mom. And not just any mom, a mom of eight. Wisdom flows effortlessly from every page from a woman that has walked in the steps of her Savior with her children and had the brilliance to stop and write down all that she has learned. In a time when we fear that our kids are going to end up looking like all their secular peers at school, Raising an Original is a God-breathed love letter to your family.--Dr. Jimmy Myers, LPC-S, Marriage and Family Therapist Executive Director of the Timothy Center and author of Toe to Toe With Your Teen