Summary of Emerson Eggerichs' Love and Respect in the Family

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#1 The Family Crazy Cycle is when a child feels unloved, and they tend to react in a disrespectful manner toward their parents. When a parent feels disrespected, they tend to react in an unloving manner toward their children.

#2 The author’s wife, Sarah, had had enough with parenting the kids. She had a brief thought of wanting to leave her family behind and ride off into the sunset, but she quickly dismissed the idea. She felt like a failure.

#3 The Family Crazy Cycle is when a child reacts negatively when he does not get his way, and when parents react negatively to that, the cycle continues. When parents are not respected, they feel disrespected, and when children do not listen to parents, parents feel disrespected.

#4 I learned the importance of asking the first question: Is my child feeling unloved. But I also began to get in tune with another question that was still forming in my soul during those early years: Am I feeling disrespected. Often I knew I felt disrespected, but I was not sure if I should have these feelings since I was supposed to be the mature adult.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822539730

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Family Crazy Cycle is when a child feels unloved, and they tend to react in a disrespectful manner toward their parents. When a parent feels disrespected, they tend to react in an unloving manner toward their children.

#2

The author’s wife, Sarah, had had enough with parenting the kids. She had a brief thought of wanting to leave her family behind and ride off into the sunset, but she quickly dismissed the idea. She felt like a failure.

#3

The Family Crazy Cycle is when a child reacts negatively when he does not get his way, and when parents react negatively to that, the cycle continues. When parents are not respected, they feel disrespected, and when children do not listen to parents, parents feel disrespected.

#4

I learned the importance of asking the first question: Is my child feeling unloved. But I also began to get in tune with another question that was still forming in my soul during those early years: Am I feeling disrespected. Often I knew I felt disrespected, but I was not sure if I should have these feelings since I was supposed to be the mature adult.

#5

When our kids are acting out, we must avoid the knee-jerk reaction that causes us to think that they are not being respectful. Instead, we must ask ourselves whether we are feeling disrespected or just fed up with cleaning up spills.

#6

I can empathize with the many children who feel unloved and who never intend to be disrespectful. I had a father who was something like Robin Williams’s character in Hook, and I know from personal experience how a child can be provoked and exasperated, with his parent’s unloving behavior eventually deflating his spirit.

#7

As parents, we need to decode our children and make the first move. Decoding is an art, and in