Understanding Your Teen: Shaping Their Character, Facing Their Realities

Review "Whether you're facing serious troubles or need simple tips for a better family life, this book offers the help you need to guide your teen to a healthy, God-honoring, and fulfilling future." -- Today’s Christian Living, January 2018"Parents, pastors, youth leaders, teachers, and anyone else who lives or works with tweens and teens will find in this book a valuable resource." -- Sonya VanderVeen Feddema, The Banner, February 16, 2018 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 cultural environment 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 to attain 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 help and hope. Review "My wife and I just entered the parenting teens phase. Our desire is to influence, not control, our children during these foundational years. My go-to guy for all things parenting is Jim Burns. Understanding Your Teen is the first step toward influencing your teen. We fully support the message of this book." -- Ted Cunningham, pastor, Woodland Hills Family Church, author, Fun Loving You and Trophy Child About the Author Jim Burns (PhD) is president of HomeWord and executive director of the HomeWord Center for Youth and Family at Azusa Pacific University. Host of the nationwide HomeWord radio broadcasts, he also speaks around the world at seminars and conferences. His many books include Confident Parenting, Pass It On, Teaching Your Children Healthy Sexuality, and 10 Building Blocks for a Solid Family. He and his wife, Cathy, live Southern California and have three grown daughters.