Bonding with Your Teen through Boundaries (Revised Edition) - Softcover

Hunt, June

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1433516209 ISBN 13: 9781433516207

Publisher: Crossway, 2010

Synopsis

Discover a balanced, biblical way to set appropriate boundaries that will prepare your teen to live an independent, self-controlled, successful life. JUNE HUNT, one of the world's leading Christian counselors, shows you how. Using scores of tough real-life scenarios, June helps you learn to use boundaries--each linked to specific repercussions and rewards--to guide your teen through four critical areas of life: home, school, personal, and social. Each scenario is followed by concrete advice on what to do and what to say.Once you communicate the boundaries, your teen has a choice: Cross them or stay inside. At that point, the teenager--not you, the parent--chooses to receive the repercussion or reward. Behavior becomes linked to consequences, building maturity, trust and security.
This thoroughly revised and updated edition includes new material that addresses the ever-increasing impact of technology on teenagers. 
Practical and realistic in its tone, June's biblical guidance helps you win--not a war, but a relationship of mutual respect.

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About the Author

One of the world's leading biblical counselors, JUNE HUNT is a dynamic Christian leader who has made landmark contributions to the field of Christian counseling. She is CEO of Hope for the Heart, the ministry she founded in 1986, which today provides biblically-based counsel in 24 languages, and 60+ countries.

June became aware of the need for real answers to real questions in her first job as a church youth director. Her personal experiences with pain and her practical experience with youth and parents led her into a lifelong commitment to "providing God's truth for today's problems." She earned a Masters in counseling at Criswell College in 2007 and has been presented two honorary Doctorates.

Between 1989 and 1992, June developed and taught "Counseling through the Bible," a scripturally-based counseling course addressing 100 topics, in categories such as marriage and family, emotional entrapments and cults, as well as addictions, abuse and apologetics.  Since then, the coursework has been continuously augmented, forming the basis for her Biblical Counseling Library.

The Library fueled the ministry's steady growth, including the 2002 creation of the Hope Biblical Counseling Institute (BCI), which equips attendees with practical solutions for life's most pressing problems. The Library also undergirds two weekday radio programs hosted by June, "Hope for the Heart" and "Hope in the Night," the live two-hour call-in broadcast. Together, the programs air worldwide on more than 800 radio outlets. 

June has been a guest on numerous TV and radio programs worldwide, including NBC's "Today." She is a regular guest professor at colleges and seminaries and a popular conference speaker, sharing biblical truth that changes minds, hearts, and lives.

June Hunt resides in Dallas, Texas.

Review

“It’s so hard to balance love and discipline, when our kids are making poor choices. But Bonding with Your Teen through Boundaries makes it a lot easier. With a ‘how-to’ practicality, June Hunt helps parents tackle the hardest problems their kids face on the road to adulthood.”
—Josh McDowell, author and speaker

“We are grateful for the practical teaching of June Hunt. Her decades-long ministry and personal experiences make her a very qualified guide for parents of teenagers. Any who desire to keep connected to their teens as well as help them navigate their bumpy road will be grateful for June Hunt.”
—Steve Douglass, President, Campus Crusade for Christ International

“Teenagers don’t always make wise choices. However, as Bonding with Your Teen through Boundaries points out, wrong behavior offers their parents many opportunities to provide loving correction and guidance. Thanks to June and Jody for this practical guide book—filled with timeless principles from God’s Word—to help navigate many of the greatest challenges parents face.”
—Brian S. Simmons, President, Association of Christian Schools International

“As someone who has worked with teenagers for over forty years, June sets a tone in teenage discipline that I had to learn through experience. She shows us the proper balance between our God-given mandate to train our children as they grow into self-managed adults and the loving relationship we want with them. Abounding with truth, wisdom, and practicality, this is important reading for parents and anyone else who works with teenagers.”
—Jason Stevenson, Pastor of Student Ministries, Stonebriar Community Church

“June Hunt is well qualified to address the issue of bonding with your teen through boundaries. On her radio show, Hope for the Heart, she has encouraged literally thousands of parents to become the kind of parents God wants them to be. I highly recommend this well-thought-out book to be read by every parent.”
—Dawson McAllister, author, speaker, host of "Dawson McAllister Live"

“If teens are a part of your life, you now hold in your hands the real answers to the real challenges you will face. Each practical chapter spells out ‘what you can do’ and ‘what you can say’—not to win a battle, but to win a relationship of mutual respect. A must read for anyone who deals with teens—whether yours, or someone else’s.”
—Marlene Wright, Probation Officer, Johnson County, Texas

“What a great resource of experience and wisdom for parents and ministry leaders! This book tackles a myriad of issues affecting teenagers today with positive ideas for handling many sticky situations with relevant, godly guidance from the Bible.”
—Christi Lynn, Custom Made Girls' Ministry Leader, Vista Grand BaptistChurch, Colorado Springs, Colorado

About this edition

• Publisher: Crossway
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1433516209
• ISBN 13: 9781433516207
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256