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This is what some experts are saying about broken relationships between parents and their children. |
Josh McDowell “We can’t pass on our faith or protect our kids from the culture unless we make that relational connection, that loving bond, that intimate attachment our children so desperately need and want.”1 Bruce Wilkinson “Injured relationships are the major, hidden force that drive our children away from (godly) living, and sometimes from the faith altogether.”2 Gary Chapman “For most parents, it is not a matter of sincerity but rather lack of information on how to communicate love effectively on an emotional level.”3 Ross Campbell “. . . children cannot follow their parents in the journey of faith, belief, and moral integrity unless they personally identify with the parents. Nor can they identify with the parents unless the parents meet their emotional needs.”4 James Dobson “Crowded lives produce fatigue, fatigue produces irritability, and irritability produces indifference. Indifference can be interpreted by the child as a lack of genuine affection and personal esteem.”5 |
2 Bruce Wilkinson, Experiencing Spiritual Breakthroughs (Sisters, OR: Multinomah Publishers, 1999), 225.
3 Gary Chapman, The Five Love Languages of Teenagers (Chicago: Northfield Publishing, 2000), p. 13.
4 Ross Campbell, Relational Parenting (Chicago: Moody Press, 2000), 30.
5 James Dobson, The New Hide or Seek (Grand Rapids, MI: Fleming H. Revell, 1999), 81.