Boundaries: A Guide for Teens - Spiritual Version

by Val J. Peter, Tom Dowd

This book invites teens to examine their lives and relationships within a religious context. It begins by helping you define what physical, emotional, spiritual, and sexual boundaries are. Stories of other teens illustrate how personal space and feelings can be either respected or violated in relationships with others. The book's journal format encourages you to reflect on and record feelings about your own relationships. Do people respect your boundaries? Has anyone ever made you feel uncomfortable in some way? Have you ever felt manipulated, intimidated, or mistreated by someone you regarded as a friend? How can you get a friendship that has gone wrong back on track? Use A Guide for Teens to help assess your relationships with family, friends, classmates, and God. Learn how to build close and satisfying friendships while guarding against being used or abused by others. Learn what it takes for you to be a good friend in return.

100 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2000

Reviews

[Alec Price · Rating 1 out of 5]

I thought that this book was not good at all. It just talked about all of the stuff i already knew about with relationships and I would maybe recommend this to a 5th. grader so they know not to be stupid in relationships when they get to high school. Also I would say that because this book was an assignment to me that I didn't really want to to actually read though but just fill out the outline so i didn't get the full concept of the book if i would of read it completely. So in conclusion I think that this book overall doesn't deserve even one star. because it was extremely boring and i didnt like it at all but because i have to give it a rating i give it one star.

[Jessica Degroff]

We were required to read this book in our Health 9 class this term. The Book, "Boundaries: a Guide for Teens" by Val J. Peter, didn't catch my attention as much as another book might have, but it was a good informative book for any, male or female teen. It was about protecting yourself including your mind as well as your body, and giving tips and rules abou relationships. Although this might not have been my favorite book to read, I would say it was worth my time reading it, but don't necessarily recommend it to another student to read.

[Jake]

I thought this was a good book. This book was an excellent book to read if you were wondering what is life of a teen. This book talked about what teens should and shouldn't do. The book talked about ways to prevent certain things from happening. This book also listed ways to help reduce the risk of the things that teens have a tendency to do. This book also listed things that could be good for teens to do like ways to accomplish goals and other things. All in all, this was a good book and explained how a teen should live a normal life.

[Abby Johnson · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was an okay book. I would not have chosen to read it, but we read it for a class. It did, however, tell about what type of boundaries you should have with people and told about which boundaries are good to have and which ones are either too rigid or too loose. I think this book was very helpful about knowing about your boundaries and what people try to do to others. I think this book would be helpful for people to realize their boundaries.

[Casey Sutherland · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this book was very good. It taught me how to set boundaries and respect them. It also informed me about different kinds of friendships and relationships. Like a good friendship for example. A friend would respect your boundaries, encourage you to do the right thing, and help you out. In a bad relationship, someone would be controlling, demanding, selfish, touchy, and rude. I'm glad I read this book because now I know how to have positive and healthy relationships with people.

[Kira Buol · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was given to my Adult Living class as an assignment. I thought this book was basically just telling me everything I already know about relationships. It kind of shows you things that you don't normally recognize about a relationship that you are in or were previously in. I think that everyone should read this book, especially if you have issues in a relationship with friends or family.

[Alexa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well i thought this was a good book and an EASY read i finished it in like 3 days. this book helps you identify bad relationships and also helps you find good relationships. Identifying your boundaries is something that should always be done in all relationships even if it is just a friendship and this book really helps you figure out your boundaries.

[Courtney Ann]

This book is an easy read for all teens that are looking for a quick simple book. The book helps you figure out how to stay out of bad relationships, and how to set good boundaries for yourself. Also, it helps you understand more about how to look for bad relationships or friendships. All in all this book is a good book for teens.

[Deavan Gehm · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book was good because of so many reasons. One of the reasons are that it helps you chose which is a true friend or not. It also tells you build relationships the help protect your personal space and respect for feelings if their yours or someone else. It is a quick read and you will read it in a class it only will take two days to read but i really enjoyed this book.

[Annie Houska · Rating 4 out of 5]

Boundaries is a great book to help teens develop their boundaries in relationships. In this book, there were different stories of people having their boundaries set well, and those who didn't. I would recommend this book to any teenager who needs help finding out if their boundaries are good or bad.

[Kaylee Dankert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Boundaries was a great book that helps teens with their relationships. In this book, there were many different stories about teens that helped them set their boundaries well and those who didn't set their boundaries well. I would recommend this book to any teen that wants to find out if the boundaries that they set are good or bad.

[Cody Asmus · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought this was an okay book. It wasn't a book that i would pick but i had to read it for health class. The book was good because it had a lot of examples of what a good and bad relationships are. It had stories of the people in the situation of the relationship. All in all this was an okay book.

[Mckenzie Kallhoff · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book I read for a health class and I would have read it by myself if I would have known how much useful information was in it. I like how it told you about relationships with everyone from family to friends to boyfriend/girlfriend. I like to apply myself in the situations that the example people have in the book. I like to think of what I would do and how I would do.

[Dean Fleer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it was a very good book. It helps you learn about real life experiences.It tells you how to set boundaries and helps your friendships grow. I thought it was very good and easy. I would recommend it to others at any time.

[Mason Buckendahl · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very good book. It gave many guidelines to how to find a good adequate friendship. It showed you many different things to watch out for that a bad friendship might have. It also gave me some signs of a good friendship. These will probably all help me in the future with my friendships.

[Jamine Elsberry · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book give tips about friendships and relationships. It tells you how to set boundaries, warning signs of a bad relationship, and what a good relationship should be. The authors also give examples of different situations. This book is a very quick read.

[Derek Asmus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very easy book but i wouldn't read it again. Its a book on were you should set boundaries and what and what not to say to people and friends. I would not read it unless mandatory again. Overall very easy quick read book.

[Brady Starkel · Rating 1 out of 5]

I had to read this book for class, but i thought it was boring. Also i did not like all the questions that i had to answer. But i did like that this book was short, in which that helped me get it done faster.

[Alexis Behmer]

In the class Health 9 we are to read this book. This book was not one of my favorites but it did give alot of advice about relationships and saying "no. i would recommend this book to any young teen that is in high school.

[Kolin Ruppert · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did not like this book. It had way to much information in it. If you want a book I would not recommend this book to anyone. The book is really personal so if you like those books this is one for you. All in all I didn't like it.

[Taylor]

I had to read this book for health and honestly I didn't like it that much. I mean it was an okay book with okay information, but I didn't enjoy it. It basically just told you where to set your boundaries with people and how your "true" friends should act towards you.

[Noah Zimmerer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a book I read for health about how you should respect people boundries and respect your own. If you want to become more informed on this book you should go check it out it is a pretty good book.

[Emily Bjorklund · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't like this book, but let's look at the positives! It's a fast read (if you don't have to answer the questions) and it will help people with their boundaries.

[Shelby Ronspies · Rating 1 out of 5]

Though this book was very boring, it is helpful for real life situations. I didn't enjoy reading it, but it did have some good advice that many people should take.

[Brandi Sporleder · Rating 2 out of 5]

i tought this book was very helpful and i learned a lot about myself and my future relationships. i thought it was very easy i read it really fast and i really enjoyed reading this book.

[Thomas Polt · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was a good book because it helps you learn about real life experience. I liked that I got to answer questions through the book. The book taught me stuff.

[Emily · Rating 2 out of 5]

i think this book is good for teenagers. First of all it tells us who and what to stay away from. it also teaches us how to keep relationships strong. all in all it was a good book.

[Kody Henderson · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was okay.I liked how it used Real life situations while teaching you the lesson.I learned a little bit from this book.All in all, it was an okay book.

[Heather Gill · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book I use with adults but especially with my youth group. Boundaries have to be intentionally taught over and over again!