Resetting Respect: The Attitude Adjustment That Just Might Lower Your Stress Level and Save the World!

180 degrees. A complete turnaround in the way we do respect. An attitude adjustment that moves us from, “You must earn my respect,” to an automatic, “You have value and deserve my respect,” response to all things, people and ideas. That’s what author, Debora Wohlford Steininger, means by “Resetting Respect.” Through stories and anecdotes, like the ones about Betty Jean, a runaway from the local institution for the developmentally disabled; Chris, the irritating bag boy; and Frederick the poet mouse; Wohlford Steininger explores what respect looks like. She wrestles with what respect is, where it can be found in today’s world and where it is woefully lacking. She offers quotes from historical and contemporary luminaries that shed light on various aspects and impacts of respect. And she provides lists of ways to show respect within families, among neighbors and friends, and to the larger world around us. One reviewer wrote, “Reading this book has made me look at the world differently. I find myself not only thinking differently, but treating people differently, too.” Another wrote, “This book comes at a time when civility is low ebb, the Internet has given us new freedom and very few rules with which to guide us…. The world would be a happier, healthier place if everyone read this book.” Regardless of whether you want to change the tenor of the world or the tone of the conversation with your kids, this quick and easy— sometimes even funny—little book will help guide your way.