Adults For Children is a declaration that what children need most from every adult in their life is Home.

Home is any place a child finds belonging and meaning.

The Home For Children consists of twelve rooms, divided into four wings (see contents here). The book walks readers through as the master builders of the familial or communal environments they lead and provides blueprints for that home.

As readers explore rooms-such as the Lounge, where children receive the restful time to process the world, or the Training Yard, where children are led by adults into ever greater freedoms and responsibilities-adults will receive clarity for the essentials in each home.

Armed with understanding behind the purpose and necessity of each room, practical steps will then be given to inspire unique and creative building or remodeling of each room within each individual environment to truly create “Home.”

People wanted a practical take on my prior book.

People felt inspired, but didn’t know exactly what to do next.

My last book, Growing Up, Not Out, was enjoyed by readers, but I consistently received feedback that it wasn’t practical enough. Adults For Children started as the practical companion book. Seeing modern adults who are too quick to want “experts” to tell them what to do, I began it reluctantly. Even the best practical parenting or teaching advice is incomplete and unhelpful if the folks administering it don’t have vision for why they are doing it.

As writing progressed, I grew more excited. I found a way to assist adults to cut through the noise of all the “experts” (including myself) by providing Adults For Children one clear objective: build "home." This is our anchoring mission, and with this book I have defined what such a home requires to support children as they grow, while leaving the essential work of creativity and construction to you, the very capable adult entrusted with the children you serve. Within that founding framework, I have been able to load on the practical steps and building advice without concern that either the reader or myself will think such advice is preeminent.

Every child needs a place to belong and find meaning.

You are the adult in their lives to give it to them.

As the world gets more connected, the noise of experts, media, government, and advertisements gets louder and the options more multitudinous.

With so many options, many adults are losing sight of the essential.

Home will never grow obsolete. It is the forever answer. The future of the children you serve and the future of the world depends on responsible adults like you and I ensuring Home happens in the modern world in whatever place we have influence.

Adults For Children will provide you clarity, which leads to confidence and peace.

Peaceful environments are homes children both excel and rest.

Armed with vision and skills, you will be able to confidently continue the building process you have already begun.

This book will help you identify the practices in your own life and environment which are either superfluous or unhelpful and thus need to go. It will also help you know where your current “Home” really needs an addition.

In the end, this book will help you provide a legacy to those children you can be proud of because you built it on purpose. Where children find belonging and meaning they stay, they imitate, and they continue to build. The good work you do for them will be grown as they expand upon your work for the next generation, on and on, until the world itself comes and becomes the true Home we all long for it to be.