Recommended Books on Teen Sexuality
every young man’s battle by Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker
every young woman’s battle by Shannon Ethridge and Stephen Arterburn
QUESTIONS YOU can’t ask your Mama About SEX by Craig Gross & Mike Foster
The Dirt on Sex by Justin Lookadoo
What (Almost) Nobody Will Tell You About Sex (A student journal) by Jim Hancock & Kara Eckmann Powell
Epidemic: How Teen Sex is Killing Our Kids by Meg Meeker, M.D.
Recommended Parenting Books
The Five Love Languages of Teenagers by Gary Chapman
Research shows that parents, not peers, exert the most significant influence in the life of a teen. And the door to that influence is love. The key to opening that door, according to Gary Chapman, PH.D., is learning to express that live in a language that make sense to your teenager.
The Seven Cries of Today’s Teens by Timothy Smith
This cutting-edge profile of the Millennial Generation shows us that our adolescents not only need adult guidance, they want it! In the current design-your-own-morality culture, our teens are pleading for our mentoring. This book is an accessible, un-intimidating guide that will allow you to interpret what your teens desperately want you to hear, so you can respond and make a new connection with them.
Parents’ Guide To The Spiritual Mentoring of Teens: by Focus On The Family
This is a wonderful resource that will help prepare you to lead your children during their teen years. Whether you’re a married parent, a single parent, or a married person going it alone spiritually, you’ll find confidence and hope that you can help your teens develop an authentic, vibrant Christian faith.
Raising Adults: Getting Kids Ready For The Real World by Jim Hancock
This book is not about assigning blame to yourself or your kids and beating each other up. It’s about starting right where you are to raise responsible grown-ups. It’s about understanding how we got to where we are. And it’s about practical things moms, dads, teachers, coaches, youth workers, employers, and law enforcement can do better.
Recommended Websites
We recommend these sites to you in order to provide you with helpful information and valuable resources as you strive to keep up with youth culture and raise Godly teenagers. While we may not agree with everything in these sites (and you may not either), we believe that they do include some valuable and helpful information.
www.almenconi.com / This site is full of helpful articles for parents of teens on things like music, movies,
computer games, internet issues, and more.
www.barna.org / The Barna Group has a vision to provide leadership and unique, strategic information and resources that help facilitate spiritual transformation in America.
www.cpyu.org / This site contains valuable articles and resources on parenting teenagers. You can also order their helpful youth culture magazine for parents of teens called youthculture@2000.
www.family.org / This is one of the most comprehensive family sites on the web. The Focus on the Family web site contains numerous articles designed to help parents of teens. Make sure you also check out their Heritage Builders link while you're there.
www.mtv.com / This website will offer you a look at current pop culture. This is also a great place to research some of you teen’s favorite bands.
www.philchambers.com / This site contains numerous music reviews designed to help inform and educate parents about the teen music culture.
www.pluggedinmag.com / This website is designed for parents of teens and youth workers by Focus on the Family. It is full of movie, TV, and music reviews.
www.uyt.com / This is an organization that offers resources and one-day seminars for parents of teens. It's founder, Wayne Rice, is a 30-year youth ministry veteran. There are lots of resources & parenting tips available at this site.
www.youthbuilders.com / YouthBuilders exists to empower young people to make wise decisions and experience a vital Christian lifestyle. They accomplish this by training and assisting youth workers, educating and equipping parents, and motivating and guiding young people.
www.youthspecialties.com / This site is THE definitive site for youth pastors and youth workers. It is full of resources for ministering to teens. It also offers youth culture stats and other valuable information that parents of teens will benefit from.
www.xxxchurch.com / The #1 Christian porn site. They describe themselves as “a porn site for the whole family.”
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