Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children
This important and compassionate new book from the creator of the successful God Allows U-Turns series will help parents and grandparents of the many adult children who continue to make life painful for their loved ones.\ Writing from firsthand experience, Allison identifies the lies that kept her, and ultimately her son in bondage--and how she overcame them. Additional real life stories from other parents are woven through the text.\ A tough-love book to help readers cope with dysfunctional...
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This important and compassionate new book from the creator of the successful God Allows U-Turns series will help parents and grandparents of the many adult children who continue to make life painful for their loved ones.Writing from firsthand experience, Allison identifies the lies that kept her, and ultimately her son in bondage—and how she overcame them. Additional real life stories from other parents are woven through the text.A tough love book to help readers cope with dysfunctional adult children, Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children will empower families by offering hope and healing through S.A.N.I.T.Y.—a six step program to help parents regain control in their homes and in their lives. S = STOP Enabling, STOP Blaming Yourself, and STOP the Flow of Money A = Assemble a Support Group N = Nip Excuses in the Bud I = Implement Rules/Boundaries T = Trust Your Instincts Y = Yield Everything to God Foreword by Carol Kent (When I Lay My Isaac Down)
Foreword Carol Kent 9Why I Had to Write This Book 13The Parent as Enabler"But I'm Only Trying to Help" 27Why We Enable, and Why We Must Stop 41Get Smart and Take Action! 61"But Deep Down He's Really a Good Kid" 71The Power of Love and Forgiveness 85The Six Steps to SANITY"S"-STOP Your Own Negative Behavior 101"A"-ASSEMBLE a Support Group 111"N"-NIP Excuses in the Bud 117"I"-IMPLEMENT Rules and Boundaries 127"T"-TRUST Your Instincts 137"Y"-YIELD Everything to God 143Developing an Action Plan 153Considering the Consequences 171Other Vital Issues 185When Drugs and/or Alcohol Are InvolvedWhen Your Child Is DisabledWhen Your Adult Child Is a College StudentWhen Little Children Are InvolvedWhen Blended Families Come TogetherEpilogue 199Resources 209Notes 213
