When Children ask about God: A Guide for Parents Who Don't Always Have All the Answers

by Harold S. Kushner

Paperback, 1995

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Available

Call number

304.5 KUS

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Publication

Schocken (1995), Paperback, 176 pages

Description

Who made God? Can God hear my prayers? Why does God let people die? The author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People helps parents understand their children's fears and fantasies, and offers advice on answering their questions about religion, the Bible, illness, and bereavement.

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LibraryThing member bettyandboo
In this book, Kushner gives the reader some thoughts to consider when children ask questions about God, death, and other weighty topics that often confound and confuse parents wishing to provide just the right answer. This isn't a question and answer type of book in the sense that Kushner doesn't
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list a question (i.e. "can God see me all the time?") followed by THE answer, but rather gives a perspective from which to frame one's own answers. I found myself wishing this wasn't a library book because there were many places that I wanted to highlight (hence the reason this is on my Wish List now). This is a book to refer to as one's children and their understanding (and ours) grows. ”
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