Parenting With Purpose & African Wisdom

Parents want to know the secret: how do you take a new-born and grow them into a responsible, godly adult? In reality, there is no “secret”. Raising children successfully takes purposeful passion, focus, and commitment.

In Parenting With Purpose & African Wisdom, Dr Gladys Mwiti provides a relevant, thoughtful presentation on the characteristics of parenting that deliver results. Blending the best of modern psychology, traditional African wisdom, and biblical teaching, Dr Mwiti offers valuable insight and advice on every page.

As you read, you will:

• Walk through twelve characteristics for purposeful parenting
• Learn from Dr Mwiti’s experience and from relevant case studies
• Realize how a partnership between parents and the community can unlock the growth of a child
• Be encouraged to become a parent worthy of imitation

Parenting With Purpose & African Wisdom is not a “recipe for success” in parenting. But as you study the characteristics and principles of purposeful parenting, you can learn how to change your family for generations to come.

Dr Gladys Mwiti has written a book for all seasons on parenting, an increasingly challenging social phenomenon in contemporary times. A tour de force, Parenting with Purpose and African Wisdom is predicated upon expert psychotherapy and family counseling and contains key elements of African wisdom, spiritual integrity, and contextual realities. I strongly endorse the book as an instructive companion for any and all involved in parenting. —Rev Dr Samuel Kobia, Chancellor, St Paul's University, and Senior Advisor to the President of the Republic of Kenya on Cohesion, Peace and Conflict Resolution

Parenting with Purpose and African Wisdom is a most compelling, insightful, and exciting title on parenting grounded in the African context. A must read for all prospective and new parents across generations and cultures. —Prof Margaret Kobia, PhD, CBS, Chairperson, Public Service Commission and Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship

Parenting is a discipline in which children find their identity, security, memory, hope, and responsibility. In this light Dr Gladys Mwiti provides thoughtful ideas in Parenting with Purpose and African Wisdom, reminding us that each parent should endeavor to do their best while partnering with God in order to pass on lasting legacies. —The Most Rev Dr Eliud Wabukala, EBS, Archbishop of Kenya & Bishop of All Saints Cathedral Diocese

Gladys Mwiti manages to integrate modern science and traditional wisdom. There is much to be learned from both, not only African readers can profit greatly from the knowledge and experience that has been developed from generation to generation, as from Western scientific knowledge. An important and helpful book for everyone parenting, educating, or teaching children! —Prof Dr Ulrich Giesekus, Psychology and Counseling, Liebenzell International University

Dr Gladys Mwiti covers all the important and key aspects of parenting, giving young mums like myself practical and solid advice on how to tackle the often confusing and sometimes lonely journey of parenting. It's a joy to read. Her ability to weave in African wisdom and spiritual faith adds more gravitas to her words and down-to-earth advice that will become a great reference time after time. If you want to become the best parent possible, read this book! —Neva K. Read, Author; Founder and CEO, Afya Organics Pty Ltd.

This parenting book is rich in wisdom learned through Scripture, African proverbs, and Gladys's keen observations of what has worked in her life and in that of others. Many books focus only on the day-to-day challenges of parenting. But Gladys shows us how our parenting tactics can flow from our long-term purpose as parents. That purpose is captured in the question, “What kind of person does God, the Creator, desire my child to become?” —Bradford M. Smith, PhD, Lausanne Movement Catalyst for Global Mental Health and Trauma Response, and Director of the Institute for International Care and Counsel, Belhaven University