The Duties of Parents (Classics of Reformed Spirituality)

The Duties of Parents is the best known-known work of Dutch Further reformation leader Jacobus Koelman. Outlining 282 guidelines for Christian parenting, Koelman emphasizes the need for loving, thoughtful discipline and urges parents to tell their children that the purpose of punishment is their eternal well-being. He describes the need for good schools and teachers and encourages the latter to realize their great responsibility. The Duties of Parents gives readers an important glimpse of the theological and practical concerns of the developing Protestant tradition. Practical application abounds for raising children today as well.

Table of Contents:
Rules for Expectant Parents
Teaching the Little Ones
Instructions on Teaching Children from Their Sixth to Their Twelfth Year
Teaching the Virtues of Godliness
Teaching Victroy over Particualr Sins
Teaching Children How to Pray
Teaching Godliness by Conversation
Rules for Living a True Faith
Additional Rules for Teaching Godliness
Rules for the Physical and Material Well-being of Children