What to Do When Parenting Gets Painfully Complicated
Are your adult child’s mental, emotional, and physical health issues driving you to despair? Are you tempted to bail your son or daughter out of yet another impossible circumstance? When your child has reached (or long since passed) the point of independence, it’s difficult to know what your “help” as a parent should look like.
From the author of bestseller Setting Boundaries® with Your Adult Children, Allison Bottke now offers an in-depth guide to help you connect with your troubled adult child, and to build your confidence, knowledge, and hope in challenging situations such as…
- drug addiction
- mental and emotional disabilities
- military trauma and PTSD
- personality disorders
- financial trouble
- depression and bipolar
- divorce
- incarceration
- …and so much more
Whether you’re facing these problems for the first time or looking to learn more, take a step back and develop effective strategies to truly help your adult child—without sacrificing your sanity.
When your child has reached (or long since passed) the point of independence, it's difficult to know what your "help" as a parent should look like. Take a step back and let this book help you determine the best action plan for loving your adult child.
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1 This Isn't How Life Is Supposed to Be |
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2 Taking Rightful Control...of Your Home, Your Story, Your Life |
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3 SANITY Strategies: Stop, Assemble, Nip, Implement, Trust, Yield |
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4 Experiencing Spiritual Growth and Establishing Healthy Boundaries |
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5 A Heart Guarded by God's Love |
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6 Inside and Outside: What's Really Going On? |
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7 Befuddled Brains: Substance Abuse and Mental Illness |
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8 Diagnosis and Prognosis |
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10 Connecting Can Be Complicated |
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11 Connecting Needs to Be Compassionate |
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12 The Power of Love and Forgiveness |
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13 Tough Decisions for Healthy Transformation |
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14 Healthy Support and Compassionate Communication |
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15 When Your Troubled Adult Child Lives with You |
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17 When Is It Time to Let Go? |
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| A Final Word |
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| Appendix A SANITY Support---Residential Agreement Between Parents and Adult Children Living at Home |
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| Appendix B Sample Letters |
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| Notes |
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Allison Bottke is the award-winning author of the acclaimed Setting Boundaries® series, which includes Setting Boundaries with Difficult People and Setting Boundaries for Women. She is also the founder of SANITY Support, an outreach based the 6-steps to SANITY featured in the series. Allison lives in the DFW Metroplex area. AllisonBottke.com
Awards
Winner of the Selah Award for Best Book of the Year for Setting Boundaries with Food in 2013
