A parents guide to preventing homosexuality pdf download

Download ». In this groundbreaking book Joseph and Linda Ames Nicolosi uncover the most significant factors that contribute to a child's healthy sense of self as male or female. As this passage suggests, Dobson relies extensively on Joseph Nicolosi's work on homosexuality.

Extraordinary Devotion In closing, these comments by The author provides a balanced perspective on this complex issue, discussing its various physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects with wisdom and compassion.

It was written by two mothers of gay children and draws on dozens of candid interviews with gay men and women and their parents. The authors discuss the nature of homosexuality, its effect on the lives and careers of children, the prospects for gay relationships, and the troubling question of religion.

They tell parents how to respond supportively to gay children and how to keep families together in a bond of understanding and affection. Finally, they describe the nationwide Parents of Gays groups, which encourage parents to share their experiences and learn to help one another. Mark Yarhouse gives honest and accurate answers to parents and pastors who have questions about homosexuality. Throughout the book, the author uses a new framework for understanding the issue, carefully separating the concept of "same sex attraction" from a "gay identity.

He also discusses what Christians can do when someone they know opens up to them about their homosexual attractions. Psychologist Joseph Nicolosi details the therapeutic techniques of reparative therapy.

The book first describes the nature of the psychodynamics of same-sex attraction. The second part describes the various phases of treatment. The final part deals with walking clients through the process of grieving and the healing of their wounding.

James Dobson. Why are so many boys in crisis? What qualities should we be trying to instill in young males? Our culture has vilified masculinity and, as a result, an entire generation of boys is growing up without a clear idea of what it means to be a man. In the runaway bestseller Bringing Up Boys, Dr. More youth are being trained to enjoy a daily relationship with Jesus instead of just a weekly religion. This message reveals why so many children have fallen away and how you can guarantee that your children and grandchildren do not do the same.

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Jason married Ashley, his high school sweetheart, in Nicolosi serves as the President of NARTH National Association of Research and Therapy of Homosexuality and has also built a distinguished career of helping active homosexuals who wish to move away from their homosexual lifestyles toward heterosexuality. But that is a topic for another book. Nicolosi objects to homosexuality, in part, out of his Roman Catholic theological convictions although this book is primarily therapeutic in tone, not theological or biblical.

The main theoretical framework for the Nicolosi team traces its roots to Freudian objections to homosexuality. Neo-Freudians, primarily Elizabeth Moberly, have altered the original psychoanalytical explanation of homosexuality somewhat by focusing on deficits in same-gender parental relationships rather than problems with opposite-gender parental connections. Boys veering toward homosexuality often sustain distant or unconnected relationships with their fathers, and girls often display the opposite pattern.

The Nicolosi team refrains from declaring that this developmental pattern is the one, solitary background for all homosexual persons, but they do assert that it is common enough that no one can ignore its relevance. And the beauty of working with children and teens who do come from this type of background is that in most cases the therapist has the option of helping parents change their style of interaction so that the children can benefit from a healthier relationship with their parents and can continue their development toward normal heterosexuality as adults.

The authors present one case study that is particularly poignant. An adult male homosexual describes his memories of his childhood with the following description:. We had an old farmhouse outside Sioux City, and you opened up this rickety trapdoor and went down these creaky old steps into a dark and damp-smelling basement.

My father would escape from the rest of us and spend hours there in his machine shop. But I was forbidden to go there - I might break his tools or get hurt, is what he told me. The answer to this question deeply concerns parents. They want to know how they can best raise their children. A common belief today is that nothing can be done to foster the development of healthy heterosexual orientation in children. But the clinical experience and professional research of Dr.

Nicolosi and others indicates otherwise. In this groundbreaking book Joseph and Linda Ames Nicolosi uncover the most significant factors that contribute to a child's healthy sense of self as male or female. Listening to moving recollections from ex-homosexual men and women who describe what was missing in their own childhoods, the Nicolosis provide clear insight for identifying potential developmental roadblocks and give practical advice to parents for helping their children securely identify with their gender.

Replete with personal stories from parents, children and ex-homosexual strugglers, A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality offers compassion and hope for all those parents who seek to lay a foundation for a healthy heterosexual identity in their children.