Parenting by Paul David Tripp
Week 1: Introduction — A Book About You
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Before diving into the fourteen principles, Tripp sets the stage with a disarming claim: this book is not primarily about your children — it is about you. Sit with that idea before you answer.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Tripp opens by saying that most parenting books offer techniques and strategies, but that what parents actually need is something deeper. What does he say is the real problem, and why does that reframe the conversation from the very first pages?
2.He argues that the parenting journey exposes us — our impatience, our fear, our need for control, our pride. Has parenting (or watching others parent) revealed something about your own heart that surprised you? What did you see?
3.Tripp describes the danger of making parenting about "success" — raising kids who turn out well — rather than about faithfulness. How does a success-oriented approach change the way a parent behaves day to day?
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