You'll Make It (and They Will Too) Everything No One Talks About When You're Parenting Teens by Amy Betters-Midtvedt - WaterBrook & Multnomah

You'll Make It (and They Will Too) Everything No One Talks About When You're Parenting Teens  by Amy Betters-Midtvedt - WaterBrook & Multnomah

Aug 06 2024

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.

Before Your Tween Daughter Becomes a Woman A Mom’s Must-Have Guide by Robin Jones Gunn - Tyndale House Publishers | Focus on the Family

 Before Your Tween Daughter Becomes a Woman A Mom’s Must-Have Guide by Robin Jones Gunn - Tyndale House Publishers | Focus on the Family

Usually I find Focus on the family resources informative and interesting for moms. This was such a sweet, practical guide that feels more like advice from a wise older sister than a rigid parenting manual. It completely shifted how I view these final pre-teen years, turning my anxiety about the upcoming changes into genuine excitement for the bond we are building. As parents is long way to go... but time flies.

Description

Your little girl is growing quickly. You want to prepare her for the changes that are already happening to her body. But how?

In Before Your Tween Daughter Becomes a Woman, bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn provides heart-level mentoring that will help you and your young daughter grow closer rather than drifting apart as she reaches adolescence. This is your chance—not for having “the talk”—but for beginning a conversation that will continue as your daughter grows into the beautiful young woman God created her to be.

Talking about periods and other natural changes doesn’t have to be awkward. Even if your own experience was less than ideal, there’s no need to be nervous. Instead, you can make it a fun, memorable occasion that helps to strengthen the bond between you and your daughter. In each chapter, you’ll find ideas to boost your confidence as you create a pathway into this next season for your young girl.

This book includes

• ideas for how to broach the subject with your daughter,
• pitfalls to avoid, and
• encouraging stories from other moms.

Like Our Father: How God Parents Us and Why that Matters for Our Parenting by Christina Fox - Moody Publishers.

Like Our Father: How God Parents Us and Why that Matters for Our Parenting by Christina Fox - Moody Publishers.

You can get it here: 
Kindle: https://amzn.to/3tXR42l Printed: https://amzn.to/3w3FSUs  

What a beautiful thing is to read about parenting but always with God's perspective. How encouraging, hopeful and challenging! This book would be a beautiful gift for parents. I felt understood, and connected with many of the examples she shared. Even when this is not a devotional book, but a parenting book, I started and finished its pages with huge gratefulness in my heart for my heavenly father. I find her voice clear, open, honest, and practical. I really enjoy Christina's content, her blog posts, and other books are a huge blessing for me and my family. I recommend you to google her, follow her content, and buy her resources. Looking forward to her future material. I´m thankful I received this book from Moody in exchange for my honest review.

God-Confident Kids Helping Your Child Find True Purpose, Passion, and Peace by Cyndie Claypool Neve - Baker Books

God-Confident Kids Helping Your Child Find True Purpose, Passion, and Peace by Cyndie Claypool - Neve Baker Books

you can get it here: https://amzn.to/33NVBYS
pub date 1 oct 2019

Some real-life stories are heartbreaking to me, that is why one of my goals is to read more about children and teens and to help parents to improve their relationship with them. If a person understands themselves and their unique design and purpose since they are little, and they embrace their identity in christ is less possible that they make bad decisions such as cut themselves, live licentious sexual lives, or suicide. If you are a counselor you will find it useful to find this kind of resource. 

Description

Today's children and teens are growing up more anxious, depressed, and fearful than previous generations. But if we help this generation, often called "Gen Z," to discover true God-confidence, instead of chasing the illusive self-confidence, we can empower them to embrace their uniqueness and find their purpose, passion, and peace as they grow into humble, compassionate, and resilient young people.

Cyndie Claypool de Neve, an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, shares her personal journey from feeling anxious and suicidal to learning God-confidence. She explains how parents and youth workers can use these principles to encourage this next generation to discover the purpose for which God created them. God-Confident Kids is filled with stories, Scripture, psychological insights, and practical tips to help families move from fear-based parenting to faith-filled parenting as we claim Ephesians 2:10 for our kids: "For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."

Parenting beyond the Rules Raising Teens with Confidence and Joy by Connie Albers - Tyndale House Publishers

Parenting beyond the Rules Raising Teens with Confidence and Joy by Connie Albers - Tyndale House Publishers

My husband and I are always trying to read books to encourage us and guide us through the parenting years. It is always a surprise to read a book from an author I don´t know. Since we are preparing for giving a course on parenting on may, I thought this book sounds just right for us, since I paint I was very attracted by the cover. When I read an author who it is not afraid of teen years, but hopeful and focusing on the heart and relationship, I´m interested. I don´t like books that expect the worst from teens and want you to think of them as “the enemy” or without any positive expectations. I want to keep learning about how to raise children with limits but freedom because soon or later they will fly and start their own families. We need to connect and develop our listener's hearts, it reminded me in some paragraphs to Paul Tripp. If you need practical and doable ideas this book may be good for you. If you are like most type-A parents, you have a system for everything and the rules are clear in your house, but how is your relationship with them? “the key to their hearts comes by way of relationship, not rules”, you may cringe if you don´t like that but I believe is true. You may read the different styles of parents and recognize your weaknesses and strengths (authoritative, permissive, helicopter, hovering, or lawnmower parent). She explains and encourages you to “understanding their world, listening, monitoring your mouth, tackling tough topics, squashing your fears, and staying engaged,” I thought about my parents a lot through some paragraphs. If you love overviews and bullets you will enjoy and find these pages very useful. This is a book for a parent who really wants to engage and understand. I like when an author sounds “humble” and not like “I know everything and I´m perfect”, I´m grateful about it.

This book was published 2 april 2019, you can buy it here.

Description

Parenting teens is one of the most challenging seasons of parenting, isn’t it? While this can be a difficult time of transition for parents and teens, there is hope. You can parent well and build a stronger relationship even through the teen years.
After 30 years of parenting five children and 20 years of working with teens, Connie Albers has witnessed the negative impact of well-intentioned but misguided parenting styles, all focused on managing teens rather than guiding them. But through learning to focus on the hearts of your teens, you can avoid those pitfalls and build relationships that last beyond the transition years as you intentionally learn about, connect with, and listen to your teens. In a world filled with distractions and devices, it is possible to guide their hearts and remain the primary influence in their lives. In Parenting beyond the Rules, you will discover how to raise a teen according to his or her strengths, talents, and personality type, as these things equip teens to manage life.
Join Connie Albers in discovering practical solutions for every parent trying to raise a responsible, godly teenager.