THE HIGHWAY CODE FOR PARENTING

by Michael & Hilary Perrott

Parenting is arguably the single most important task any of us will ever be called upon to undertake, for we are creating the future – you have only to look at the state of contemporary youth culture for evidence of past failures. In our industrial society nothing prepares us for it, and the sad truth is that when the parent gets it wrong, the child picks up the tab. In former, less frenetic days these skills were passed on from mother to daughter, from father to son. But those days are gone, we’re all too busy.

Governments have tried to fill the gap with ‘Citizenship’ being added to the school curriculum, and parenting classes made mandatory for dysfunctional families, but however well intentioned, government initiatives and school teachers cannot fulfil the role of a loving, committed parent.   

Political parties jostle and compete for the attention of the electorate, and since John Major’s ‘Back to Basics’ initiative, family values have not slipped far from the top of the agenda. But they had no instruction manual, now they have, The Highway Code for Parenting, as the publishers have cleverly packaged it.

This is a timely book, masterfully written in Michael and Hilary Perrott’s unique and accessible style. Like its forerunner; The Highway Code For Marriage it will be a classic, for they have both been forged on the anvil of pain and disappointment, joy and elation, mistakes and success.

The value of this book cannot be overestimated. It should be in the toolkit of every family counsellor, every pastor and top of the gift list for every expectant parent.

 ‘It is an awesome thought that your words and actions, good or bad, your children will remember long after they have flown the nest and have built their own.’

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