LifeCoach Your Teens: Five Principles to Help Your Kids Thrive

Author: Roger Cross Merchant: ChristianBook Manufacturer: Inter-varsity Press ISBN: 0830832521 Price: $9.99    ($3.50 S&H + 5.0% tax in MA)

Description

If you're a parent of teenagers, you know facing the tough situations just comes with the territory. After all, it's not like you can walk away or just give your kids to someone else to raise. But studies today confirm that parents are still the biggest influence on their children. The way a parent handles a teenager is often the key to how the teen handles issues. What you need are some practical suggestions on how to make it through the tough times. That's where Roger Cross would like to help. Drawing on over 25 years of experience with Youth For Christ and experience as a dad, he offers some practical principles to help you succeed in one of the world's toughest jobs. Cross unpacks the key characteristics of a good coach and shares five simple principles for parenting teens more effectively. He shows you how to help your teenager develop goals, find balance, learn how to cope with and learn from failure and cope with anger. Most importantly, he shows how you can come alongside your teen to offer support and guidance as you prepare them for adult life.