Boundaries with Kids Workbook (Paperback)

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Review

This workbook helps you put the principles detailed in Boundaries with Kids to work in your family. Here at last is the help you need for raising your kids to take responsibility for their actions, attitudes, and emotions.

Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend take you through the ins and outs of establishing family boundaries and cultivating sound character in your children. The clear, helpful exercises and applications in the Boundaries with Kids Workbook will help you make the leap from understanding to ? identifying the boundary issues underlying child behavior problems ? setting boundaries and establishing consequences with your kids ? getting out of the “nagging” trap ? relinquishing control—and helping your child develop self-control instead ? applying the ten laws of boundaries to parenting ? taking six practical steps for implementing boundaries with your kids

Step by step, you will take strides toward bringing control to an out-of-control family life, setting limits while still being a loving parent—and above all, instilling in your children the godly character that is the foundation for healthy, productive adult living -- Publisher

Product Description

Designed to accompany Boundaries with Kids, this workbook takes you step by step toward helping your children take control of their lives by learning boundaries.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (September 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310223490
• ISBN-13: 978-0310223498
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #251,039 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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66 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Boundaries With Kids, May 14, 2000

By	Georgina Van Duyn (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boundaries with Kids (Hardcover)

This book has helped my husband and I to not only be on the same page with our dicipline methods but also to really focus on how our 3 kids behaviors right now in the present will affect their future when they are on their own. It has helped us to set boundaries for them and is also teaching our kids to learn to set firm boundaries on their own with their lives. I had yet to find a book on raising children that is so clear and effective and really guides you through how to be an effective parent for the good of your kids future. I also highly recommend the book "Raising Great Kids" which is by the same authors.

55 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All I can say is WOW..., September 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Boundaries with Kids (Hardcover)

I'm able to find something I heartily disagree with in every childcare or child discipline book I read. Even in my favorites. But I thought my head was going to fall off I nodded so hard while reading this book. I used to hedge daily on discipline worrying I was "hurting" my kids too much when I had to enforce loss of privileges. This book made me see that all consequences are painful...they are supposed to be. But painful and harmful are not the same thing. Just because my child is temporarily unhappy, that doesn't mean she is permanently scarred. All growth is painful. The flip side to the advice is you should balance your enforcement of consequences with empathy, affection, and support. You are neither your child's enemy nor his friend. You are his parent.

I was able to immediately put the good advice to use right away and my family is so much more peaceful! Boundaries really are good for building character, increasing empathy, and as converse as it may sound, strengthening the relationship between you and your children. The authors are both psychotherapists and devout Christians. I thought the Christian bent might annoy me but the scriptures quoted were used sparingly and only enhanced the eloquence and relevance of the text.

I wholeheartedly recommend this book to friends and relatives, Christian and secular. Buy this book and you will walk around thinking "I know which boundaries HIS/HER parents didn't enforce as a child." What an enlightening book!

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great audio tape- very well narrated., October 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Boundaries with Kids (Audio Cassette)

Becasue I travel in my car so much I listen to a lot of books on tape. This is one of the best I have ever listened to. It was very REAL and the authors related right on with the feeling of parents. Even though it was obvious the authors came from a christian background (as do I) the book did not make that the basis of the book. The book gave real solutions to existing problems and great advice on fixing situations so other problems do not arise in the future. Some of the ideas and principles are tough to stomach as a parent but have worked miraclously(sp) with my 2 year old.

The book so good I bought 3 copies for friends and my brother. I also bought their other book on boundries in marriage which I am looking forward to listening to soon.