You'll Make It (and They Will Too) Everything No One Talks About When You're Parenting Teens by Amy Betters-Midtvedt - WaterBrook & Multnomah
He escuchado a muchas mamás decir: "¿Lo estaré arruinando todo?" y eso siempre me hacía tener muchas preguntas sobre la etapa de la adolescencia... muchas preguntas y temores inflingidos por otros. Quizá por eso leo tanto? para ver lo que viene, lo que enfrentaré, para "prepararme" para encontrar salidas a laberintos que quizá nunca cruzaré. Pero si para mi o para otros me gusta prepararme, leer y siempre sirve para la consejería todo lo que estudio.
You'll Make It (and They Will Too) de Amy Betters-Midtvedt es el equivalente literario a que una amiga sabia, que ya pasó por esa tormenta, te abrace, te sirva una bebida y te dice: Respira, no eres la única.
Lo mejor de este libro es que no viene con ese tono de "manual de crianza perfecto" que tanto abruma. Amy escribe desde las trincheras, con honestidad brutal, muchísima fe y un humor que te hace reír justo cuando querías llorar (me imagino). No te da fórmulas mágicas para que tus hijos sean perfectos, sino herramientas reales para conectar con ellos en medio del caos, la salud mental y las crisis de identidad de la adolescencia.
Al final, te deja con una certeza reconfortante: la adolescencia es una etapa de supervivencia, pero vas a salir de esta, y ellos también. Me parece un bálsamo para el corazón de cualquier papá o mamá.
I’ve heard so many moms ask, 'Am I ruining everything?' and that always left me with a lot of questions about the teenage years... so many questions and fears inflicted by others. Maybe that’s why I read so much? To see what’s coming, what I’ll face, and to 'prepare myself' to find ways out of labyrinths I might never even cross. But whether it's for myself or for others, I love to be prepared; reading always comes in handy for counseling, and I use everything I study.
You'll Make It (and They Will Too) by Amy Betters-Midtvedt is the literary equivalent of a wise friend who has already survived that storm hugging you, pouring you a drink, and saying: Breathe. You are not the only one.
The best part about this book is that it completely skips the preachy, 'perfect parenting manual' tone that usually just leaves you feeling overwhelmed. Amy writes straight from the trenches with brutal honesty, a lot of faith, and the kind of humor that makes you laugh right when you feel like crying (I imagine!). Instead of giving you magical formulas for raising flawless kids, she offers real-world tools to connect with them amidst the chaos of mental health struggles and teenage identity crises.
Ultimately, it leaves you with a deeply comforting certainty: the teen years are all about survival, but you’re going to make it out in one piece—and they will too. To me, it feels like a true balm for any parent's heart."
“Parenting teens doesn’t come with a manual, but this book comes as close to one as I’ve ever read.”—New York Times bestselling author Rachel Macy Stafford
As a mom with five kids ages twelve to twenty-two living at home, Amy Betters-Midtvedt found that parenting teens challenged everything she thought it meant to be a “good” mom. But in the unraveling came the building of something new and more beautiful than she could have imagined: an incredible sense of love, hope, joy, and relationship—even in the mess.
You'll Make It (and They Will Too) is as much about navigating the minefields of anxiety and mental health as it is setting curfews, convincing kids to bring their dishes back to the kitchen, and deciding whose turn it is to have the car keys. It’s about dancing in the kitchen with soon-to-be adult kids who are taller than you. It’s making appointments with a therapist and a college admissions counselor in the same week. It’s helping your kids cling to faith even as they reject the pew on Sunday mornings.
Through stories steeped in hope and prayer of both her professional and personal parenting journey, Amy shares:
• words of comfort for when you feel alone, together with wisdom and strategies that will help you to not just survive the sleepless nights, but also to thrive as a stronger family unit
• prayers to draw on God’s strength when everything feels overwhelming
• a path forward with your teenagers that brings you into a lifelong loving relationship
• ways to celebrate the beauty in your teens in all that they are, just as God made them
Each chapter will leave you equipped, encouraged, and less alone by guiding you through how to listen to your own heart when parenting your precious teen.
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9780593601129 |
| PRICE | $17.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 208 |
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