Setting Boundaries® with Your Aging Parents: Finding Balance Between Burnout and RespectThis important book from the author of Setting Boundaries® with Your Adult Children (more than 40,000 sold) will help adult children who long for a better relationship with their parents but feel trapped in a never-ending cycle of chaos, crisis, or drama. With keen insight and a passion to empower adult children, Allison charts a trustworthy roadmap through the often unfamiliar territory of setting boundaries with parents while maintaining personal balance and avoiding burnout. Through the use of professional advice, true stories, and scriptural truth, readers learn how to apply the “6 Steps to SANITY”: S-STOP your own negative behavior Resources are available at the ministry website: www.settingboundaries.com |
From inside the book
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... father's request, he had bought a car for his father and put it in his name because his father's credit was bad. His father had promised to make the payments. Now, after three months, his father hadn't made a single payment. “I've been ...
... father , and the last time I saw him , I was a teenager . He died years before my sister , my brother , and I were even aware of it . My beloved mother spent the last years of her life in an assisted - living center far from me but only ...
... father - a bitter man who never hid his disdain for his only son . " I kept hoping he would change — that he would see how much we loved him and maybe lighten up a bit . " But he never did . Not even after Joe and Gladys , his wife of ...
... father and your mother , so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you " ( Exodus 20:12 ) . But people's understanding of these words is often warped and confused . The question isn't whether we are to honor our ...
... father had a stroke that left him physically impaired but mentally sound . Her mother tried to care for him in their own home until the day she fell and broke her arm while helping him out of bed . " Before she fell , Dad could get ...
Contents
Its All About Change and Choice | |
Im Only Trying to Help | |
The Motivation Behind the Madness | |
NNip Excuses in the | |
IImplement Rules and Boundaries | |
TTrustYour Instincts 17 YYield Everything to | |
The Dawn of a New Beginning | |
Put It in Writing | |
Stress Triggers | |
Expectations | |
Consequences | |
Pain from the Past | |
Toxic Elders and Destructive Choices | |
The Power of Love and Forgiveness | |
Respect | |
When Your Parents Become Dependent | |
Financial Fallout | |
The Six Steps to SANITY | |
SStop Your Own Negative Behavior | |
AAssemble a Support Group | |
Sowing and Reaping | |
A Closing Message from Allison | |
Sample Letters | |
Notes | |
Stay in Touch | |
About the Author | |
You can also find SANITY in the first of Allisons Setting Boundaries books | |
Six Steps to SANITY Support Groups An Invitation from Allison COMING SOON Spring 2011 | |
Other editions - View all
Setting Boundaries with Your Aging Parents: Finding Balance Between Burnout ... Allison Bottke No preview available - 2010 |