Aaron's Way: The Journey of a Strong-Willed Child

by Kendra Smiley and Aaron Smiley

Book Overview

'One of us may not live through your childhood'. Not only did Kendra Smiley live through Aaron's childhood and teen years, she's telling about it! And a unique twist is the fact that Aaron himself,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802443494
• ISBN13: 9780802443496
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Sanity Saver

I purchased this book after seeing Kendra and Aaron speak on this subject at a Hearts at Home conference a couple of years ago. Since then I have read it a couple of times, asked my husband to read it and loaned it to several friends as well. It is an eye-opening look at these ornery, exasperating and oh so loveable kids that God has given us to raise. I love having Aaron's comments at the end of each chapter. It has answered the question I ask myself so many times about my darling strong-willed daughter - "What was she thinking?!" Thank you Kendra and Aaron for saving my sanity and my daughter's life!

An Amazing and Entertaining Read

I bought this book after I heard Kendra and John speak. I, too, have a strong willed child, and this book has truly shown me insight into his mind. I like that it is written from Kendra and John's view (the parents) and from Aaron (the child). It has opened my eyes to my child and is allowing me to see him with more patient eyes. Hopefully I'll do as wonderful of a job raising my son as you did yours. Thank you for a well written, insightful book. Melissa Mother of 2 boys, ages 5 and 3

Kendra TOTALLY gets it!

By virtue of the fact that I've found and read this book, my own strong-willed son (also named Aaron, coincidentally) will live to adulthood. This has been the most helpful and most informa-tive book that I've ever found for dealing with this issue and with these children who deserve respect and understanding. As a Christian, I appreciated all the biblical citations found on practically every page to encourage me in my relationship with my child. If I had to choose between this book and Dr. James Dobson's new version of The Strong Willed Child, I'd choose this book!!! It is a long awaited treasure.

Encouraging and Intelligent!

Enjoyed reading this book by Kendra Smiley. I thought it was clever to include Aaron's perspective as well. Although I wouldn't necessarily say my children are strong-willed, I think Kendra's guildelines apply to the discipline and raising of any child.

What an eye-opener!

I received this book as a gift during a retreat, and have read it with great excitement! I now know that I do in fact have a strong-willed child (as I suspected), but my husband and I will now hopefully do a much better job of parenting him! Thank you, Kendra and Aaron, for your honesty and willingness to share your story. I can only pray that my 'high-maintenance' child will grow and become the incredible man that your son has so obviously become. Thank you to Kendra and John for your willingness to share not only the success stories but also examples of what could have been done differently! God has blessed us with our children, and we are blessed by your writings.