Barnardos and Plunket launch new resource: A Theology of Children
Barnardos New Zealand and Plunket are proud to be jointly launching a new publication, A Theology of Children.
The 24-page booklet, which has a foreword by Wellington’s Bishop Richard Randerson, is aimed at supporting and strengthening Pacific parents, grandparents, and caregivers with strategies for non-physical discipline of children within a theological context. Dr Elizabeth Clements penned the summary.
A Theology of Children is written by Reverend Nove Vailaau, who is very passionate about clarifying the issue of physical discipline in Christian theology, and is particularly aimed at Pacific peoples throughout New Zealand.
The publication aims to help guide parents and caregivers through the six principles of effective discipline: love and warmth, talking and listening, guidance and understanding, limits and boundaries, consistency and consequences, and a structured and secure world.
