Parenting Today's Adolescent

by Rainey, Dennis & Barbara

• ISBN13: 9780785265108
• ISBN10: 0785265104
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-05
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc

Summary

Normally confident moms and dads grow weak-kneed when their children enter--gasp!--puberty. Barbara and Dennis Rainey, parents of six teenage or older children, map out the unfamiliar, demanding landscape of both pre-adolescence (ages 10-12), as well as the teen years that follow."Preadolescence is when convictions are shaped; adolescence is when convictions are tested," they advise parents. In Parenting Today's Adolescent the Raineys help children and parents build a satisfying relationship while forging a vision for a productive, God-honoring life-before, during, and after adolescence.

Table of Contents

Dedication	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
Foreword	xiii
Introduction	xv
Part I FROM THE GOLDEN YEARS THROUGH THE PERILS OF PUBERTY
Stepping Through Traps	3	(11)
What Children and Their Parents Face Today
Mining Ore During the Golden Years	14	(13)
Never Underestimate Your Child's Potential
If We Had Just Thirty Minutes of Your Time	27	(16)
Seven Priorities for the Effective Parent
Part II STEPPING AROUND SNARES
The Traps of Adolescence	43	(7)
Preparing a Child for the Journey of a Lifetime
Trap 1: Peer Pressure	50	(15)
Friends Are Major Players in Shaping Your Child's Values
Trap 2: Sex (Part One)	65	(18)
Set Your Standards High
Trap 2: Sex (Part Two)	83	(20)
Mom and Dad Need to Teach ``Sex Ed''
Trap 3: Dating	103	(26)
Keeping on the Path to Innocence and Purity
Trap 4: ``Attitude''	129	(16)
Checking Pride and Rebellion During Adolescence
Trap 5: Media	145	(16)
Plucking Pearls from a Mountain of Garbage
Trap 6: Unresolved Anger	161	(17)
Harmony and Peace Sure Beat the Alternatives
Trap 7: Appearance	178	(19)
The State of the Heart, Not the Haircut, Is the Goal
Trap 8: Deceit	197	(20)
There's No Substitute for Integrity
Trap 9: Substance Abuse	217	(18)
Trying to Find Happiness in All the Wrong Places
Trap 10: Busyness	235	(19)
Life is Good When Parents and Children Sl-o-o-o-w Down
Trap 11: The Tongue	254	(17)
Words Can Hurt or Heal
Trap 12: Mediocrity	271	(17)
If it's Worth Doing, It's Worth Doing Right
Trap 13: Pornography	288	(17)
Stop the Spread of Slime in Your Home
Trap 14: False Gods	305	(20)
Learning to Cling to the True God
Part III PRAYERFULLY PERSEVERE
Will Adolescence Ever End?	325	(7)
Yes! And Life is Good!
Appendix A: Understanding Puberty	332	(4)
Appendix B: Recommended Resources	336	(9)
Notes	345	(7)
Index	352	(9)
About the Authors	361