by Sally Matheny
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| Book Review: All Due Respect |
Nina Roesner, the executive director of Greater Impact
Ministries, Inc. has teamed up with co-worker, Debbie Hitchcock, to write With All Due Respect:40 Days to a More
Fulfilling Relationship with Your Teens & Tweens.
I’ll be giving
away a copy to one of you readers this week!
There's something for everyone for a variety of topics are covered. A sampling of the
forty chapter titles are:
Communicate Respect Early
Take Care of the Temple
Use Humor When Things Get Hot
Be True to Your Word
Coach Your Kids on Navigating Conflict
Separate Your Identity
Two of my favorites are Talk Your Kids Through
Disappointment, and Deal With the Person Before the Issue.
While I appreciate the one or two scriptures at the
beginning of each chapter, I don’t think the overall content is “scripturally
saturated” as stated in the beginning of the book.
However, the content is good, and written with a
Christian worldview.
Each chapter opens up with a scene illustrating some
type of situation or problem. The authors use the dialogue between characters as
a tool to teach parents how to respond in certain situations. In some parts,
the dialogue sounds like it’s coming from a Christian psychologist more than a
parent, but nonetheless, it’s helpful. Each chapter closes with a prayer for
the parent.
This book is not a Bible study. But rather a resource
for parents, specifically moms, on how to communicate effectively with their
tweens and teens during life’s stressful moments.
During those difficult times, if you struggle with controlling your emotions, speaking
before thinking, or acting rashly, this book
will challenge you to pause and pray first. Then, it gives you a springboard of ideas on how to offer guidance as you begin a healthy conversation.
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Disclosure of Material Connection: I
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