Understanding Your Teen
eBook - ePub

Understanding Your Teen

Shaping Their Character, Facing Their Realities

  1. 219 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Understanding Your Teen

Shaping Their Character, Facing Their Realities

About this book

Parenting teenagers is one of the biggest challenges parents face. New realities make becoming independent more difficult. Teens are traveling a different road and are moving at a different pace than those of previous generations. Today's culturalenvironment is more complicated and confusing than ever.

But fear not! Family expert Jim Burns provides a handy guide for parenting teens. For teens to become responsible adults, parents need to help them grow through developmental changes toattain a healthy self-identity, establish good relationships, make wise decisions, and grow in their relationship with God. Burns shows how parents can shape behavior and character, navigate social media challenges, and communicate and resolve conflict healthily. He also tackles the realities of our day, including cyberbullying, dating violence, self-injury, depression, and much more.

Whether you're facing serious troubles or need simple tips for a better family life, this book offers helpand hope.

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Information

Publisher
IVP
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9780830891832

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Parenting Teens to Become Responsible Adults
  4. Understanding Your Teenager
  5. Learning the Developmental Stages of Adolescence
  6. Shaping Behavior Without Crushing Character
  7. Energizing Your Teen’s Spiritual Life
  8. Creating a Media-Safe Home
  9. Teaching Healthy Sexuality
  10. Ending the Homework Hassle While Preparing for College
  11. Keeping the Communication Lines Open
  12. Becoming Students of the Changing Culture
  13. Finding Intimacy in Your Marriage as You Raise Your Teen
  14. Dealing with a Troubled Teen
  15. Common Teen Issues and What Parents Can Do
  16. Bullying and Cyberbullying
  17. Dating Violence
  18. Depression
  19. Dinnertime
  20. Driving
  21. Drug and Alcohol Use and Abuse
  22. Eating Disorders
  23. Overweight and Obesity
  24. Self-Injury
  25. Sexual Abuse
  26. Sleep
  27. Suicide
  28. Tragedy
  29. Conclusion
  30. Acknowledgments
  31. Notes
  32. Praise for Understanding Your Teen
  33. About the Author
  34. More Titles from InterVarsity Press

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