As young couples, we start our families with many good intentions. We dream of what our family, our marriage, and our kids will be like. But as life happens and our kids grow, parenting presents new and tough challenges. Marriages become stressed, and our precious little ones are not so precious anymore. As a pediatrician for over thirty years, I have seen firsthand that parents’ expectations often fall short.

Why? Because life can be difficult, and parenting is tough. We can easily get stuck in a pattern of bribing, threatening/repeating, time-outs, and ineffective consequences that lead only to frustration.
 
In CORNERSTONES of Parenting, we present you with an alternative. We believe that the Bible provides, with certainty, ethical principles and practical applications for successful parenting. Through a better understanding of the impact of the husband-wife relationship, the importance of defining your family’s values, and a focus on learning how to put values into the heart of your child, we hope to help you realize that you can raise morally responsible children who are a blessing to others.

- Dr. Bob and Gayle Bucknam