Here is a helpful and heartfelt resource for people who care for others. Each chapter describes a particular stage of development in the human life cycle from the preschool years to senior adulthood -- from the cradle to the rocking chair -- and offers guidelines and usable suggestions for a caring ministry that meets the needs of different age groups.
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Contents
About the Editor
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. The Preschool Years: Foundations for Life
- Preschool Years Are Foundational
- A Preschooler's Developmental Tasks
- Can a Preschooler Learn About God?
- How You Can Minister to Preschoolers
- Parenting Preschoolers
- Chapter 2. The Early School Years: Finding Acceptance Beyond the Family
- Focus on Ages Six Through Twelve
- How a Child Develops
- Changes from Age Six Through Twelve
- The Child and Spirituality
- Tasks to Be Accomplished
- A Child's Position in the Family
- The Family as a System
- Reward and Punishment
- Rules
- Childhood Stress
- Children and Crisis
- Suggestions to Share with Parents
- Developing Spirituality
- The Transition to Adolescence
- Chapter 3. Adolescence: Stuck in the Middle
- Definitions
- Theories
- Theories in Practice: Ministry Issues
- Spiritual Development
- Additional Comments
- Chapter 4. Young Adulthood: Starting on Their Own
- Wilderness and Promise: Generation X and Beyond
- Flowing Features of Young Adulthood
- Out One Era and into Another
- Spirituality in a Changing Culture
- Additional Principles of Pastoral Care
- Chapter 5. The Middle Years: Getting It Together!
- Developmental Theorists
- Temptations to Stagnation: Issues Along the Way
- Ministering in the Middle
- Spiritual Development Issues
- Conclusion
- Chpater 6. Senior Adulthood: Twilight or Dawn?
- The Developmental Tasks of Senior Adulthood
- Pastoral Care with Senior Adults
- Conclusion
- Chapter 7. Toward a Holistic Approach to Caring
- What Does It Mean to Care?
- Who Is Called to Care?
- What Skills Are Needed to Care?
- Preaching Is Caring
- Pastoral Care in Times of Crisis
- Spirituality: A Personal and Communal Journey
- Conclusion
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
