With Divine love as its basis for good parenting, this thoughtful and practical text features the application of Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development to the wise discipline of children. Other interesting and helpful chapters address the following themes: readiness for parenting; parenting special needs, adoptive, and foster children; parenting in relation to school; developing critical thinking skills; money handling; sexuality; motivation for the fulfillment of potential; and the role of the faith-community in child rearing.