Are My Kids on Track? is the title of a new book by Sissy Goff, David Thomas, and Melissa Trevathan. Every parent wants to know whether they are doing right by their kids. Are we doing enough? Are we preparing our kids for life? Are we loving them well? Are we good parents? A few years ago, I read my favorite parenting book-- Growing Grateful Kids . In that book, Susie Larson says that we can't give ourselves something we don't have ourselves--so we still need to work first on our own hearts (with the Lord's help) rather than simply focus on what we see that we want to see fixed in our kids hearts. That piece of advice has been a huge one for me that always lingers in the back of my brain. It also dovetails nicely with this book. Goff, Thomas, and Trevathan tackle some of the difficult life and emotional milestones of children's development. They give separate insight and advice for boys and girls in each chapter. Yes, they...