“Children Are Wet Cement” is a book written by Anne Ortlund. In this best-selling book, Anne Ortlund shares insights on parenting and how to raise children to become secure, loving adults. She emphasizes the importance of verbal affirmation as a powerful technique for molding and shaping children during their formative years. The metaphor of “wet cement” highlights the impressionability of children, suggesting that our words and actions leave lasting imprints on their hearts and minds.
Anne Ortlund provides specific suggestions for each stage of childhood, from infancy to the teenage years and beyond. The book is sprinkled with stories from her own childhood and parenting experiences. It won the 1982 Christy Award as the Best Marriage/Family Book of the Year.