Parents in pain : a book of comfort and counsel /

Many parents face problems beyond their ability to cope. John White offers comfort to parents of children with severe problems -- alcoholism, homosexuality, even suicide. Though he gives practical suggestions, this is not a how-to manual for making rebellious children behave. Rather, the author help...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	White, John, 1924-2002 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, [1979]
Subjects:	Parenting > United States > Religious aspects > Christianity. Parent and teenager > United States > Religious aspects > Christianity. Parent and child > United States > Religious aspects > Christianity. Parents of problem children > United States. Parent-Child Relations Parents Adolescent Rôle parental > États-Unis. Parents et enfants > États-Unis. Adolescence. Parents et adolescents > États-Unis. Parents et enfants. Parents. adolescence. broader terms. Parent and child. Parent and teenager. Parenting. United States.
Online Access:	Contributor biographical information

Table of Contents:

Part 1 : It ain't that simple. The age of uncertainty
Whose fault?
False comfort
Part 2 : Parents in pain. Erosion of trust : the pain begins
Storms and peace
The threat to the marriage
Professional help
In trouble with the law
Part 3 : Beyond pragmatism. Relinquishment
From Utopia to Galilee
Toward human dignity
The model parent
Dialog with divinity
Epilog.