Just a Minute: In the Heart of a Child, One Moment ... Can Last Forever.

This book says what should have been said for a long time on how children need to be viewed and treated. I don't think it's possible to read this book without changing the effect you have on the children (and probably adults) you come into contact with, maybe forever. A MUST READ FOR EVERY TEACHER!!!!!! This book contains many stories of lives changed by one person in one minute of time or less. Wow! What an impact this book will have over the years. How many lives will be changed from negative to positive by people just like you and me after reading this book and considering each contact with a child as important.

You can't read this book without bringing to mind how an adult affected your life as a child with either a word or an act. In turn, the person reading this book will be ever so conscious of how we treat a child. It made me think of the time I was only 4 years old (more than 70 years ago) and remembering one kind sentence a nurse spoke to me in the hospital after being hit by a car. I never saw her again, but I'll never forget her. This book is easy to read and hard to put down - but so powerful!

What a wonderfully inspiring collection of real moments in the lives of a variety of people. You will weep with joy and sometimes with sadness. You will think about those who touched you "for just a minute" and were marker points in your own life. It will encourage you to say that word or make that touch or smile that smile that just may make a difference in someone's life. It is a blessing of a book and I always recommend it to everyone!

Such a great reminder that EVERY interaction with a child can breathe life, destiny, purpose, and encouragement into them, no matter how short that interaction is. I highly recommend anyone who is involved with kids-from teacher, to youth worker, to parent-take the time to digest this book.

Excelente libro sobre la niñez. Debemos aprovechar cada momento con ellos para brindar experiencias que impacten sus vidas de manera positiva y sobre todo para que conozcan el amor De Dios.

This book displays the importance of our words to children. I can't put it down.

If we all accept the challenge and "take a moment" to encourage a child as well as the "child" within the adult, we are sure to bring a real sense of hope and peace to a world that so achingly craves for those gifts that come from the heart.

Everyone has 60 seconds to make a difference in the life of a child....I am going to rise to the challenge issued

This book is the most inspiring I've ever read! Through personal experiences and other stories, Wess Stafford demonstrates the power a moment can make and how we can, and should (!), invest in children. I was moved to tears throughout and could not recommended it more. Touching, real and honest. One to go back to, time and time again.

Excellent

This is a well written book with short testimonies about the "minutes" that made a difference in individual lives. It is a good challenge to take the opportunities given to me to encourage and speak meaningfully to children and young people, even in small ways.

This book is so important! It will open your eyes to see how just one minute in the life of a child can change their lives for eternity. For either positive or negative. Read it. You will stop and think. One word. One look. One moment. Can make a huge impact for the rest of their lives.

dieses Buch wurde im Fernsehgottesdienst 'Hour of Power' vorgestellt - ich hatte noch keine Zeit es zu lesen, habe es aber weitergegeben.