Adolescence is a challenging time for both the kids and the parents, but it can also be opportunity to enhance your training and deepen your child’s relationship with God.
It is a transitional stage that includes a lot of changes. Some of them are biological (hormones and such) and some are social and psychological. They are also reaching a realm of independence which can be scary to parents who are used to nurturing them, providing for them and making major decisions for them and all of a sudden they are
raising teenagers
.
Dr. James Dobson, a family psychologist, authored a book about preparing in advance for the changes that you will experience in during adolescence. It will help to prepare yourself to talk to your kids about sensitive topics while improving their confidence and
self-concept
when the changes hit.
Parents and preteens should prepare for the confusing road of adolescence — together! This helpful resource contains 20 10-minute sessions full of activities and discussion starters to prepare each of you for the challenges of puberty. Help your child develop self-confidence, make wise decisions in the face of peer pressure, understand romantic love and so much more that's essential for their success as a teen.
Paul David Tripp wrote a book that changes the challenges into opportunities with a guide for Biblically parenting teens during adolescence. It will also be helpful to
step parenting teenagers
.
Are you hoping to merely survive your teenagers? With compassion, wit and wisdom, Tripp uncovers the heart issues affecting families during the often chaotic adolescent years. Gain assurance of God's provision for parenting success and discover ways to seize the countless opportunities to deepen communication, learn, and grow with your teens.
Dr. Rick Horne, a parent and student counselor, developed a guide for providing Biblical council to unmotivated, angry teens. It can be a great resource if you have an teen that appears to have such problems.
As a seasoned parent and student counselor, Dr. Rick Horne understands the world in which teenagers live and the communication difficulty of talking to a disinterested and unmotivated teen. In Get Outta My Face, he combines biblical wisdom from the book of Proverbs with practical and specific directives that will make a difference in the life of you and your teen. Divided into three major sections, Part 1 addresses what you must understand to connect with your teen. Part 2 tells you what you must do help your teen and Part 3 tells you how to make the changes stick. Paperback.
Does your teen spend a lot of time online? If so, you might interested in a book written by Vicki Courtney that is a non-tech guide to understanding technology that pre-teens and teens are into and what needs to be done to protect them.
When you were their age, it was telephones and hanging out at the mall. Now the teen social world has expanded to things like text-messaging, online chat rooms and any number of Internet and digital gadgets. Here is a resource to help you understand and help protect your tweens and teens from the dangers of this new, global world.
And then there is “the talk” about the birds and bees that every parent regrets. Dr. Kevin Leman and Kathy Flores Bell co-authored a book about that, and there are also contributions from Kenneth N. Taylor for pre-teens and Jim Burns who concentrates of the “theology of healthy sexuality.”
Ignorance about sexual matters is downright dangerous! Your child's future depends greatly on receiving the right guidance from you. This practical book is not just another development manual, but it focuses on intellectual matters, where decisions about sex are made, and relationships with parents are cultivated.
It seems as if the whole world is talking and singing about sex. Sex is discussed in health class, and some kids talk about it at school and even tell dirty jokes to make their friends laugh. What's a parent to do? Almost 12 is a book for Christian kids and others who want to know what God has to say about sex so they can do what is right and can please Him.
Trusted family authority Jim Burns outlines a simple and practical guide for parents on how to develop in their children a healthy perspective regarding their bodies and sexuality. Much more than just the when and how of having "the talk," this invaluable resource encourages building a "theology of healthy sexuality" through the introduction of age-appropriate dialog throughout a young person's life. Paperback.
