The Blessing

The Blessing by John Trent and Gary Smalley has been a great asset to my blended family and newest addition coming in June.  It helps guide parents or adults in how to have children feel unconditional love.  It contains five elements:  1. Meaningful and appropriate touch, 2. A spoken message, 3. Attaching high value to the one being blessed, 4. Picturing a special future for him or her, 5. An active commitment to fulfill the blessing.

Each step is carefully laid out with examples of how the authors have approached this in their own lives.  That is invaluable to see how other families have used this method in real life situations. 

I would highly recommend this book to friends and family whether they have children or are thinking about children. 

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