In the Beginning

A Christian Parent’s Guide to Building Confidence in the Early Years

John Kaites

A heartening and supportive guide to raising authentically confident kids

In the Beginning provides Christian parents with faith-based encouragement and guidance for raising healthy, confident children from birth through age seven. In it, pastor and father John Kaites details how repetitive brain patterns formed between the ages of zero and seven can significantly influence how we approach things as adults, contributing to how we think through situations and solve problems. These patterns affect our ability to be resilient, resourceful, and effective in life and can inform who we become, how happy we are, and how confident we feel.

If we, as parents, better understand these foundational years, we can parent in a way that sets our children up for success. In the Beginning devotes a chapter to each year, walking parents through brain-development milestones at each age and what we can do to build our children’s confidence. With John’s patient guidance, we can help our children feel bolstered and happy, have a healthy sense of who they are, and become all God has created them to be.

John Kaites is a pastor, husband, and father of two. He is a successful practicing attorney and entrepreneur who has owned some or all of eighteen companies. He began his career as a television news broadcaster before moving on to serve as an assistant attorney general, a state representative, and a state senator.

John is a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary, Duquesne University School of Law, and Allegheny College. He is currently working on a master of arts in ministry from Phoenix Seminary. In addition to working in business, teaching, and practicing law, he helps pastors and churches rethink their growth strategies in an entrepreneurial and transformational way. This is John’s second book. He is also the author of Fear Not: Two Weeks of Living Boldly into God’s Authentic Confidence. You may reach John at john@johnkaitesauthor.com.