Boundaries
161 other, and the togetherness creates some need for separateness. But in your relationship, you have divided the 200 points di ...
162 yourself in an unequal relationship, you may lack boundaries. Setting boundaries may correct the imbalance. For example, whe ...
163 For this reason, establish a support system that will encourage boundary setting in your marriage. This may be a co-dependen ...
164 of yourself, you can give and sacrifice for loved ones in a helpful way instead of giving in to destructive behavior and sel ...
165 10. Boundaries and Your Children S hannon couldn’t stop crying. A young mother of two preschool children, she couldn’t imagi ...
166 After she had calmed down a little, I asked Shannon how she and Gerald normally disciplined Robby. “Well, we don’t want to a ...
167 God first picked the nation Israel to be his children. After centuries of resistance by Israel, however, God chose the churc ...
168 Instilling vs. Repairing Boundaries A wise mother of adult children once watched her younger friend struggle with her youngs ...
169 quences. Negative discipline is letting children suffer the results of their actions to learn a lesson in responsibility: “S ...
170 Discipline, however, is different. Discipline is not pay- ment for a wrong. It’s the natural law of God: our actions reap co ...
171 The Boundary Needs of Children What specific needs do boundaries meet in our kids? Limit- setting abilities have several imp ...
172 Both Jimmy and Paul come from Christian homes with lots of love and an adherence to biblical values. Why did they turn out s ...
173 This was good practice for resisting in the evil day (Eph. 5:16), when some of Jimmy’s friends turned on him and pres- sured ...
174 “What do you need?” She looked confused, became thoughtful, and sat back in her chair. Janice had just described a week of p ...
175 a crowd of people in a boat in a time of great ministry and need: “because so many people were coming and going that [he and ...
176 painful consequences of their own irresponsibility and mistakes. This is the “training” of Hebrews 5:14 and the “discipline” ...
177 Pat’s parents allowed their daughter to experience safe suf- fering. At the start of senior high, they gave Pat an entire se ...
178 Having a Sense of Control and Choice “I won’t go to the dentist—and you can’t make me go!” Pamela stamped her eleven-year-ol ...
179 God’s sovereignty. This helps them weigh choices, rather than avoid them. They learn to appreciate the consequences of choic ...
180 in a car when he was sixteen, he treated that car like it was fine china—you could eat lunch off the hood. He had counted th ...
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