The Passionate Mom

<p><strong>Motherhood is full of uncertainty. What do my children <em>really</em> need? Why are they doing that? Is this <em>normal</em>? What can I do to help them? How can I know for certain that I am<em> doing this right?</em></strong></p><p>The logistics are easy. Anybody can do laundry and carpool. But what makes a mother the best mom she can be? </p><p>It's not better scheduling. Or more activities. Or less. </p><p>It is passion--the passion to teach protect study and prepare her children for the future.</p><p>Great but how?</p><p>Susan Merrill the mother of five incredibly different children has asked that question countless times. And she has read countless answers specific to a certain child's temperament age or situation. But nothing she read offered an overall approach to parenting that would enable her to say with confidence <em>I am </em>doing this right. She never guessed she would find a foundational plan--a reliable universal parenting approach in the Old Testament book of Nehemiah.</p><p>In <em>The Passionate Mom </em>Susan takes you on a journey through Nehemiah and into the heart of parenting. Her stories and confessions in every chapter reveal what she has learned: no mom can control her child's future but every mom can parent well. There is a plan--a roadmap for how a passionate mom can parent almost any child confidently.<br /><strong><br /></strong> <strong>...This book reaches mothers like me at both the heart level and the head level showing us how to guide our children passionately and practically...</strong><br /><strong>--Shaunti</strong> <strong> Feldhahn social researcher national speaker and best-selling author of For Women Only<br /></strong> <br /> <strong>Being a mother is the greatest joy of my life. My friend Susan Merrill regularly inspires me in my role as a Mother. In her book she will inspire you!<br />--Denise Jonas Mother of Kevin Joe Nick and Frankie Jonas<br /><br /></strong></p><p><strong>Every mother's goal is to see her children fully blossom. In <em>'</em>The Passionate Mom' Susan Merrill not only outlines the qualities women need to be successful moms but also lays out a practical biblical plan to help develop those qualities. She provides sound advice to help in the difficult task of raising children. --Lauren and Tony Dungy </strong></p>