Understanding Your Teen, Jim Burns
Understanding Your Teen, Jim Burns
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Understanding Your Teen
Shaping Their Character, Facing Their Realities

Author: Jim Burns

Narrator: Jim Burns

Unabridged: 5 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/14/2017

Synopsis

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Leslie on January 18, 2018

In less than one month, I will be the proud mother of not just one but two teenagers. Thus, receiving a copy of Understanding Your Teen: Shaping Their Character, Facing Their Realities by Jim Burns, president of HomeWord, was quite timely and appreciated. Jim Burns writes from the perspective of bot......more

Goodreads review by Jimmy on December 14, 2017

Jim Burns is president of Homeword and a radio broadcaster. His other books are in the area of parenting or family issues. In this volume he comes right at the issues that are so prevalent for teens today. He makes you feel at ease by confessing his own shock when his children reach the teenage year......more

Goodreads review by Derek on February 16, 2025

This book is one of the best books on Christian parenting I’ve read when it comes to being equally full of wisdom while also giving a plethora of practical suggestions. So maybe times, books want to go deep in what you should do, but don’t walk you through what it looks like for an every day parent.......more

Goodreads review by Trago on April 23, 2024

The title of this book is misleading in my opinion. I was expecting to understand what is going on in my teens thoughts and minds. This book should be titled “tips for the parent of a teen”. Most of the book navigates issues with media, substances, purity, etc and how to parent through these issues.......more

Goodreads review by Josiah Durfee on November 14, 2022

4 stars because it is a little dated. I think this book needs to be updated just a little bit, but the principles are timeless. I oversee the youth ministry and I was looking for a book to teach through with our parents and this is a great resource. Love Jim Burns and his ministries to families!......more

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