Engaging today's prodigal
Subtitle: clear thinking, new approaches, and reasons for hope
By: Carol Barmier
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780802405579
Subjects: Parenting; Parent and teenager; Parent and adult child; Family relationships; Adult children; Teenagers; Christianity
Table of contents: title: Myth 1: perfect parenting makes for perfect children; title: Myth 2: it's my fault (it says so in the Bible); title: Myth 3: I can rescue him; title: Myth 4: this child just wants to push my buttons; title: Myth 5: if I can say the perfect thing, my child will finally "get it!"; title: Myth 6: if I can let her know how badly she's hurting us, she'll stop; title: Myth 7: my mistakes will scar her forever; title: Do advise, don't badger; title: Do focus on boundaries, not on behavior; title: Do create a safety zone; title: Don't start a sentence with the Bible says; title: Do listen in a whole new way; title: Don't miss the courage in your prodigal; title: Do love when your prodigal is most unlovable; title: Do create a support group; title: Do reach out to prodigals who aren't your own; title: Don't pull out list of expectations when prodigal returns; title: Do seek God's plans for you in all this; title: The long walk home; title: God, the artist.