That is the kind of tactful verbal skill I very much needed, but didn't get from Christian leaders. We need to teach the relationship skills to children; how are we to "be wise" in this area unless someone teach us?  I agree the Bible provides the foundation, but not everything is in there. Not everyone is able to put words together easily to couch it in such a manner and still honor one's parent; I dealt with verbal and emotional abuse from my mother for 55 years. I don't know what you would have told me to do, but if Christians cannot understand that we all carry wounds from the past that need healing, or issues that dealing with and how to do it, who will? Doesn't Scripture tell us to be kind and tenderhearted to one another? Aren't we to weep with those who weep?

We understand your points, but you may be confusing psychology with communication skills, which we agree, the church needs to teach more of - being able to communicate with tact and kindness, but still set proper expectations and consequences if those expectations are not met. This is not what characterizes the majority of psychology. Psychology is the study of the soul, and a college undergrad / graduate education in it will indoctrinate you with various, conflicting man-made theories about why people think and behave the way they do, how to change them, and the goals of change. The Bible sufficiently addresses these areas (which are frequently polar opposite to psychology's views), as we discuss at length in our book "Psychology Debunked." Over time, the nature of our newsletters has taken a more psychiatric direction, because we see the damage done with psychiatry is more prevalent in the church these days than psychology, although both are damaging.