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Every parent wants their kids to love reading, but Betsy Childs Howard wants something more: she wants the stories to stick. Not just as favourite books, but as moral imagination, gospel instinct, and a framework for understanding the world long after the last page is turned.

In this episode of 10ofThose, Laurie and Jonathan talk with Betsy (TGC editor and author of the beloved Arlo children's series among other titles) about how to raise kids on books that actually do something. They talk about why a great children's book only needs one big idea, why story-driven formation beats a moral lesson every time, how to use books mid-discipline rather than just at bedtime, and why the best spiritual conversations with your kids often happen not in family devotions but in the middle of a car ride.

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