Mother and Son

The Respect Effect

By: Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

Narrated by: Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's Summary

From the New York Times best-selling author of Love & Respect comes the definitive book for mothers and sons.

Love is important but it is respect that is the key to your son's heart.

As Emerson Eggerichs transformed millions of marital relationships with a biblical understanding of love and respect, he now turns these principles to one of the most important relationships of all, a mother and her son.

The idea of moms respecting their sons may sound alien to some, but it seems to ignite curiosity across the board. It is easy to relate to the need for all of us to feel a mother's love, but is that the same thing as respect? Even for young boys, the effect of respect is nothing short of astounding when applied properly.

Moms yearn to learn anything that better helps them with their sons. After all, they love their boys, but many find them more difficult to parent than their girls, especially from age four and up.

What makes this all the more urgent is that moms are coaching fathers to love their daughters, but no one has said boo to moms on specific ways to show respect to their sons, at least not in a way that is applicable and fully explained. All realize that little girls need daddy's love, but who is strongly promoting the truth that little boys (and big ones) need Mom's respect? No wonder mothers feel left in the dark on this topic.

Mother & Son is also available in Spanish, Madre e hijo.

©2016 Emerson Eggerichs (P)2016 Thomas Nelson Publishers

This Served a need

The writing is straight to the point and applicable. I am using this teaching and the stories to build a solid foundation of respect with my 8 year old son.
Reading this book opened my perspective to life through the eyes of men and boys.
To think I was so naive. I didn't know what I didn't know.

Like finding pure gold!!!!!

I am a divorced mom with a 13 year old son. He has a very kind, loving heart but we struggle daily with the respect issue, ie. getting things done when I tell him to, being honest about turning in homework, following house rules related to internet and technology. I am frustrated with our relationship and often feel like I am failing him when I tongue lash him hoping to negatively motivate him. Before reading this book I already new tongue lashing and taking away his phone or video games was not working. Now I know why. He thinks very differently because he is a male. His thinking isn't wrong, it is just different. This book has given me tools to approach him differently and I have seen great changes. I still resort to my female methods at times but just like any other habit, approaching him with respect speech is a conscious decision that is becoming a habit. I have hope that our relationship will be even stronger with these tools! I hope that as I start demonstrating respect speech to him he will seek out a mate that will not brow beat him and he will desire to respectfully love on a wife and bring her the security she will desire. Thank you so very much for writing this book. My mom raised 5 sons and she even commented on how great the content was! The narration is great as well, a very easy listen. I will play this book over and over.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

in fact I want to buy a hard copy so I can take notes. putting just a few things in place that Emerson talks about and I already noticed a difference in my relationship with my son AND my husband!!

Condescending to Mother

I read 4 chapters of this book. I forced my self to continue reading it trying to look at the positive things about it, but the condescending tone to Mothers and women from the beginning and throughout the book discouraged me to finish it. The author looks down to mothers blaming them and talking as if we should’ve known what he preaches. I say preach because it’s what he does. He preaches and scolds Mothers almost in disgust. It almost sound like a personal resentment. The concept of respect is important and the reason mothers like me buy this book, to learn and improve as a parent, but not to feel like failures. I would not recommend this book nor finish reading it. Wasted money and time.

Not just for mother to son...

This book has changed the way I look at my husband, father, brother and sons! Great resource!

I was clueless and loosing my son’s heart, thank you for the insight on respect

The light is finally on! I am
not only inspired but motivated to fill my son’s need for respect and what a huge difference its made in our relationship. Thank you for gently guiding this emotional momma to understanding the differences in our needs, neither being wrong, just different. God be the glory!

Eye opener

loved it, thank you for opening my eyes on such an important topic in my 2 sons life's I have started appling it and what a difference it has already started making in my 6 & 7 year old boys. I'm for ever greatful.

a true gem

As a wife and mother of 3 sons, I am truly grateful to have found this book. I have never noticed the real need for respect in the men in my life and how easy it is to use disrespect as what I wrongfully assumed to be the only way to get the results I wanted. My sons are all still young and hopefully by starting respect talk now, I can help build any strengths and confidence I had not been encouraging before. There were so many wake up calls in this book and so may "ah-hah" moments, thank you so much for writing this book and helping myself and other women to see and hear with "blue" vision and hearing. I am not spiritual or religious, yet I still found this to be invaluable in helping me on my journey as a wife and mother, completely surrounded by males who I now know are in need of respect and honor.

Need for repeat

I gained much valuable information from this book. When the teaching is applied to the relationship between me and my son or husband I am humbled.

Great Resource for All Women

I LOVE this book. It has opened my eyes and my heart on how to meet the respect need of my 3 boys as well as my husband. I believe this is not only a great resource for Mother’s of Boys but really every woman can benefit from reading this because we all will come into connect with men at one point or another. It really comes down to be able to communicate and see the other sex as they need to be seen, heard and communicated with. This was also very easy to listen to and follow. So glad I got it.