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There’s hope for childhood. Despite a perfect storm of hostile forces that are robbing children of a healthy childhood, courageous parents and teachers who know what’s best for children are turning the tide.
Johann Christoph Arnold, whose books on education, parenting, and relationships have helped more than a million readers through life’s challenges, draws on the stories and voices of parents and educators on the ground, and a wealth of personal experience. He surveys the drastic changes in the lives of children, but also the groundswell of grassroots advocacy and action that he believes will lead to the triumph of common sense and time-tested wisdom. Arnold takes on technology, standardized testing, overstimulation, academic pressure, marketing to children, over-diagnosis and much more, calling on everyone who loves children to combat these threats to childhood and find creative ways to help children flourish. Every parent, teacher, and childcare provider has the power to make a difference, by giving children time to play, access to nature, and personal attention, and most of all, by defending their right to remain children.
"A beautiful, wise reflection on childhood and how important and sacred it is – and a clarion call to parents, educators, policymakers, and adults everywhere to honour and nurture this most precious and defining stage of life. Arnold challenges and encourages the reader to put children’s interests first, to question cultural values, and to live with integrity…Their Name Is Today is truly prophetic and timely. I recommend it to everyone and would love to see it in the hands of every young couple, parent, and teacher."
Rev Tim Costello AO, CEO, World Vision Australia
"In this deeply inspiring tribute to children, speaker and pastor Arnold (Why Forgive?) brings together the opinions of parents, education experts, and famed figures from various fields, as well as his own experiences, to underline his point: successful children make for a successful society, and treating each child with care and respect is our duty as adults. Particularly moving are Arnold’s thoughts on the pressure that children face to be “normal.” He deeply opposes diagnoses of learning disorders and prescriptions of medication for kids whose personalities are ill-suited to standardized learning methods (though Arnold is respectful when discussing cases where medication is needed). Although Arnold’s love for children is unquestionable, at times he oversimplifies the situations he describes. His advice to overworked parents, for instance—to spend more time with their kids—is hardly realistic. Still, Arnold’s basic message is clear, and well worth heeding: a deep reverence for children will make the world a better place"
Publishers Weekly
"Their Name Is Today had me cheering for this champion of children and families. Johann Christoph Arnold is a wise and insightful defender of childhood in our modern, chaotic world. He reminds us that to raise children who are happy, healthy, capable, kind, and resilient, we need to model these same qualities ourselves. Everyone who lives or works with children should read this book."
Maggie Dent, Author, Real Kids in an Unreal World
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