Raising the Child Who Challenges Everything

Nobody warned you that some children are harder to raise.

You love your child. That is not in question. But love alone has not made this easier. The meltdowns still come. The defiance still pushes. The sleepless nights still stack up. And somewhere between the public moments and the private confessions you have never said out loud, you have quietly wondered if something is wrong with you.

It is not.

Raising the Child Who Challenges Everything is a book for the parent who has tried every approach, read every article, and still feels like they are barely keeping up. Built from the real testimonies of hundreds of parents and grounded in both trauma-informed research and the truth of Scripture, Dr. Delisa Rodgers delivers a guide that does not offer quick fixes or shame-based advice. Instead, she offers something rarer and more powerful: understanding.

In these pages you will learn why some children are neurologically and temperamentally harder to raise, what difficult behavior is actually communicating, and what the Bible says about the assignment of parenting the child God specifically entrusted to you. You will find strategies that account for who your child actually is, tools for managing your own burnout and grief, and the grace to stop parenting the child you expected and start stewarding the one you have.

This is not a book about fixing your child. It is a book about learning to shepherd one.

Your child is not the finished version of who they are becoming. Neither are you.

Whether your child carries a diagnosis or simply carries more than you know how to handle, this book was written for you.

You have not been left alone in this. And this season will not last forever.