Offers a forty-day program intended to help parents to navigate the difficult teenage years and build a lasting, quality relationship with children, while walking closer to God.
With All Due Respect is a handbook for parents navigating the difficulties of the tween and teen years. Roesner and Hitchcock help parents identify what successful relationships look like and give easy-to-follow lessons in enforcing rules, communicating lovingly, resetting relationships, overcoming fears and exhaustion, and handling rebellion. Each day features a story every mom can relate to, down-to-earth questions to think about, and a prayer to launch an action plan. As a result, the reader gains new skills and perspective, greater strength, and an ability to live out faith daily as never before.With All Due Respect is for all parents seeking not only to connect more deeply with and positively impact their teens and tweens, but also to grow more deeply in faith through the process.
From the author of The Respect Dare and the director of Greater Impact Ministries comes a forty-day guide for parents to develop more intimate relationships of trust and respect with their teens and tweens.
What You Need to Know Before You Get Started |
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Deal with These First: Expectations |
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Dare 1 Assess Your Parenting Interactions |
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Dare 2 Revisit Your Childhood |
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Dare 3 Focus on God's Vision |
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Dare 4 Push the Reset Button |
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17 | (5) |
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Dare 5 Be Careful with Your Words |
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Dare 6 Communicate Respect Early |
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26 | (4) |
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30 | (5) |
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Dare 8 Take Care of the Temple |
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35 | (5) |
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Dare 9 Counter the Culture |
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40 | (5) |
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Dare 10 Refrain from Casting Blame |
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45 | (5) |
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50 | (6) |
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Dare 12 Parent with Perspective |
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56 | (6) |
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Dare 13 Leap Outside Your Comfort Zone |
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62 | (5) |
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Dare 14 Encourage Rather Than Nag |
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67 | (6) |
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Dare 15 Use Humor When Things Get Hot |
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Dare 16 Stay Out of God's Way |
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78 | (6) |
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Dare 17 Practice Thankfulness |
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Dare 18 Be True to Your Word |
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90 | (5) |
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Dare 19 Offer Compassion Instead of Judgment |
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Dare 20 Give Your Kids Grace |
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101 | (6) |
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Dare 21 Take Time to Listen |
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107 | (5) |
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Dare 22 Coach Your Kids on Navigating Conflict |
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112 | (7) |
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119 | (5) |
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Dare 24 Talk Your Kids Through Disappointment |
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124 | (5) |
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Dare 25 Drop the Comparisons |
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129 | (5) |
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Dare 26 Invite Their Friends In |
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Dare 27 Separate Your Identity |
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140 | (5) |
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Dare 28 Avoid the Blame Game |
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145 | (5) |
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Dare 29 Respond with Calm |
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150 | (5) |
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155 | (6) |
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Dare 31 Deal with the Person Before the Issue |
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161 | (7) |
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Dare 32 Respectfully Consider Your Kids' Requests |
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168 | (5) |
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Dare 33 Model Friendships for Your Kids |
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173 | (5) |
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Dare 34 Respect the Rites of Passage |
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178 | (5) |
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Dare 35 Teach Your Kids to Self-Process |
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183 | (5) |
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Dare 36 Be Sensitive to Other Parents |
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188 | (6) |
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Dare 37 Release Yourself from Worry |
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194 | (6) |
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Dare 38 Encourage Self-Discipline |
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200 | (6) |
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Dare 39 Point Out What Is Right |
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206 | (3) |
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Dare 40 Be a Relationship Architect |
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New Beginnings |
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Acknowledgments |
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About the Authors |
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Notes |
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Nina Roesner is the executive director of Greater Impact Ministries, Inc., a Christian training organization. Nina has more than 20 years in the communications and training industry and has coached numerous executives, managers, individuals, wives, church staffs, and pastors around the country. She is the author of The Respect Dare. She has been married to her husband, Jim, since 1991, and together they raise and homeschool three children. They live near Cincinnati, Ohio.
Debbie Hitchcock is the operations director at Greater Impact Ministries. She is a trainer and speaker for the Daughters of Sarah course and speaks to womens groups and weekend retreats in addition to blogging on a regular basis. She lives near Cincinnati, Ohio.