How Children Raise Parents, Dan Allender
How Children Raise Parents, Dan Allender
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How Children Raise Parents
The Art of Listening to Your Family

Author: Dan Allender

Narrator: Dan Allender

Abridged: 2 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 02/25/2006

Synopsis

Parents put their confidence in rules and principles and apply themselves to doing everything right. They believe that diligent application of the right methods will protect their kids from threatening influences and will assure that their kids succeed. But rather than building a healthy parent/child relationship, the rules-oriented approach places unreasonable demands and expectations on both parents and children. And the added pressure makes it more difficult for a child to feel loved by his parents—and by God.To reduce pressure and enjoy greater closeness, parents need to turn their approach upside-down by allowing God to use their children to lead them to spiritual maturity. How Children Raise Parents provides a bold new paradigm by showing that parenting is the process God uses to help parents grow up. This liberating approach helps parents learn to prize what they're being taught by their child's quirks, failures, and normal childhood dilemmas, rather than worrying about what their children will accomplish in life.

About Dan Allender

Dr. Dan Allender is the author of The Wounded Heart, Bold Love, Intimate Allies, and The Healing Path. He is the president of Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle, Washington, and professor of counseling there.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christa on April 11, 2012

This was one of the best parenting books I have read. Not a "how to" guide for producing perfect children but a nitty gritty examination of how God equips imperfect parents to raise imperfect children. It is honest, encouraging, helpful and hopeful.......more

Goodreads review by A.C. on February 16, 2015

I vacillated between giving this book two and three stars. Two was the ultimate choice, because I wanted to like this book more than I did. The book has a strong premise: children can help their parents grow into the people God created them to be. However, I think this primary message often gets los......more

Goodreads review by Kelli on July 13, 2012

I haven't read a parenting book in years, but this one is refreshing in many ways, esp. the two questions Allender points to as those kids most want answers to: Am I loved and Can I get my way? Good parenting deals with these head on and constantly...and should show our kids that, yes, they are madl......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on July 15, 2012

A great framework for thinking about parenting. (9/10)......more

Goodreads review by Catherine on February 08, 2015

In his thoughtful book How Children Raise Parents: The Art of Listening to Your Family, Dan Allender posits that while we think of parents as raising children, in fact children often “raise” us by showing us our weaknesses and faults and challenging us to examine our thoughts and beliefs in deeper w......more

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