We are used to having our parents help us, but how do we handle it when the tables are turned and our parents are the ones who need help? Declining health, financial needs, divorce, relational issues-what's an adult child's role when their parents are struggling? Or when there is conflict with them because of differing lifestyles and parenting philosophies?
Counselor Jim Newheiser understands the many types of challenges adults may face in their relationship with their parents, whether it be their parents' financial strain, a struggle to properly care for their home or their health, conflict related to care for the grandchildren, or destructive relational choices. He helps readers understand their responsibility to honor their parents, and to be prepared to help with their needs, but also to recognize their first responsibility to their relationship with the Lord and their own marriage and children. He also gives guidance on what offenses to graciously overlook and what offenses to handle with gentleness and love. Ultimately, there may be some bad situations that are out of your control, but you can always be a loving representative of the Lord in how you respond.
Are your parenting responsibilities continuing into your children's adulthood? Here you'll be grounded in the guidance of God's Word and reminded that your relationship with your adult children hinges on your relationship with God.
Drawing on decades of counseling experience, Jim Newheiser explores forty crucial questions relating to the complexities of marriage, divorce, and remarriage-unpacking the answers given in God's Word. This useful reference work for pastors, counselors, and personal study can also be read straight through for a scriptural overview of the topic or assigned in small sections to counselees.
Que faire quand on a l'impression d'avoir perdu son enfant ?
Il n'y a peut-être pas de plus grande crainte dans le coeur d'un parent que celle de voir son enfant chéri et bien élevé se transformer en enfant prodigue.
En tant que parents, comment devriez-vous agir avec un enfant qui refuse de coopérer avec vous, qui est toujours en colère, qui semble développer de la haine à votre égard ou qui rejette la foi chrétienne ?
Dans ce livre, Jim Newheiser et Elyse Fitzpatrick se basent sur leurs années d'expérience personnelle en tant que parents et conseillers bibliques pour expliquer comment des parents blessés peuvent faire face au traumatisme émotionnel causé par la rébellion d'un enfant.
Ils offrent des encouragements chaleureux et des solutions concrètes qui seront utiles aux parents, même à ceux qui vivent des situations particulièrement difficiles.
L'ouvrage comporte également d'excellents conseils concernant les médicaments couramment prescrits aux enfants qui ont des problèmes de comportement, et il propose des questions que les parents peuvent poser aux médecins avant d'utiliser ce type de médicaments.
In an accessible Q&A format, biblical counselor and former financial consultant Jim Newheiser presents financial wisdom that is grounded in faithful biblical exegesis and rooted in sound theology. How can you create and balance a budget? How can you get out of debt? What insurance do you need? He answers these questions and more, providing a go-to resource for laypeople and those who counsel them.
