| Raising kids in the twenty first century challenges | | | | with the coloring on the wall toddlers that graced their |
| parents more than ever. Culture calls out to kids, | | | | homes. But parents should realize that teenagers are |
| wanting to form them, while many parents want their | | | | not a different breed of creature. They are young |
| kids to grow up with a biblical background and | | | | adults, crying out for direction on how to be an adult. |
| faith-based set of values. So how can a parent ride | | | | Thus a teen focused Christian parenting book can give |
| against the tide of culture to raise strong kids with | | | | parents the direction they need on how to help their |
| strong faith? Church attendance certainly makes a | | | | teen act like an adult and make the right |
| different, but parents need to be parents, and they | | | | decisions.Smaller children can also benefit from such |
| need to use the resources that we have available | | | | instruction. While these children challenge their parents, |
| today.Consult your local Christian book store, or even | | | | parents can find help in Christian parenting books with |
| the Christian section of a secular book store. You will | | | | age specific advice. Books ranging in topics from godly |
| be amazed at the resources out there that can give | | | | discipline to teaching your kids manners abound in the |
| you the answers you need to help raising your | | | | Christian section of your local book store. And you'll be |
| children.Both parents should seek out additional | | | | amazed at what a difference just a few parenting |
| resources. Many times just the matriarch of the family | | | | changes will make in the demeanor of your child.Sure |
| seeks out the books with how-to information while the | | | | parents need to take their kids to church. They need |
| patriarch just trusts her child raising instincts. Both | | | | to take themselves to church, and they need to seek |
| parents should actively parent, not just one. Studies | | | | out the advice of other Christian parents. But Christian |
| show that children need both parents. Girls need their | | | | parenting books offer them one more resource for |
| dads to help form a healthy view of men, and boys | | | | raising kids that seek to glorify God and follow the |
| need their moms to help form a healthy view of | | | | principles laid out in the Bible. In the end, books by great |
| women. So if you want to infuse your faith into your | | | | authors like Dr. Dobson and Kevin Leiman can make all |
| parent, pick up a Christian parenting book.The teen | | | | the difference in the life of a child and in the family as |
| years challenge parents. Many find themselves more | | | | a whole. So what are you waiting for? Start |
| frustrated with their teenagers than they ever were | | | | reading.Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Florida. |