What does it mean to have love and respect in the family?

On this edition of Connecting Faith, Jo Rathmanner speaks with Dr. Emerson Eggerichs, president of Love and Respect Ministries.  From his book Love & Respect in the Family: The Respect Parents Desire; The Love Children Need, Dr. Eggerichs teaches us how to stop the ‘Family Crazy Cycle’ of conflict, and learn exactly what the bible says about parenting.  Family conflicts will almost certainly arise, but God honoring resolutions for dealing with them in a healthy & effective fashion are here!

Dr. Eggerichs says that so much of what constitutes healthy family relationships – particularly in marriage – starts with the concept of respect.

Highlight – Love & respect

The Bible has very specific things to say as to how we should parent, as well as how we should treat each other in marriage. Dr. Eggerichs points to the advice found in 1 Corinthians 7.

Then we speak to what the good doctor calls “The Family Crazy Cycle”.

“When children feel unloved, they react to parents in ways that feel disrespectful. And when parents feel disrespected, they react to children in ways that feel unloving.” – Dr. Eggerichs

Many times, the pressure of all that’s on the line in parenting a child can seem too great to bear. We’re reminded that the only thing we can truly control are our own actions and our reactions to our kids.

We take a look back to the story of the Prodigal Son and a fascinating question is posed – is a father or mother a bad parent because their child disobeys? Of course not! There are bad parents with great behaving children and vice verse.

A closer glance is taken at some key differences in the reinforcement that’s needed for our boys & girls when it comes to love & respect.

Love & respect

This program is an encore, previously aired presentation.