Recommended Books for Parents of Teens

Fathering like the Father: Becoming the Dad God Wants You to Be, Jeff Gangel

Fathering comes naturally to God. The rest of us can use some pointers. Who better to provide them than the Father who truly knows best? Following that reasoning, father-and-son authors Kenn and Jeff Gangel explore God's ways of forgiving, communicating with, disciplining, and loving his children. Each chapter is packed with amusing anecdotes and personal vignettes that illustrate how fathers can model godly character for their children. Fathering Like the Father will inspire any dad or men's group with a heavenly perspective on fatherhood.

Parenting With Scripture, Kara Gentsch Durbin

It's inevitable that children from toddlers to teens will misbehave. It's tempting to discipline them and let the moment pass. Kara Durbin's passion is for parents to capture those teachable moments and use Scripture to shape their children's behavior. She offers Parenting With Scripture, a unique topical guide to prepare parents with scriptural teaching and helpful activities on 100 specific behaviors.

Parenting without Perfection: Being a Kingdom Influence in a Toxic World, David John Seel

This resource offers a unique perspective on Christian parenting, emphasizing an attempt to influence beliefs rather than control behaviors. Ten essential principles provide the framework for Seel's parenting model.

Mom's Everything Book for Daughters, Becky Freeman

You want your relationship with your daughter to be so close that you only grow closer when she hits her teenage years. The time to start is now, in these fun, cuddly, critically important years between ages eight and twelve. Mom's Everything Book for Daughters will help you build a warm, wonderful friendship with your daughter that just deepens as she blossoms into a woman.

Why I Wear a Plastic Dinosaur: A Call for Dads to Seize the Moment, Dan Schaeffer

Why I Wear a Plastic Dinosaur is written by a father to fathers. Many fathers know what their job description is -- they just aren't doing it! This book is not so much about telling fathers what to do as why to do it. Dan learned to do by doing. You can too! And about that dinosaur? You'll have to read the book!

How to Get Your Teen to Talk to You, Connie Grigsby

Communication between parents and teens is at an all-time low. Besides marriage, this is the area where adults seem to struggle most. This user-friendly book will help readers get inside their teen's mind, showing them what turns today's teen on and off in terms of communication. Topics include: Ten Best Ways to Kill a Conversation, Language Barriers, Don't Be Afraid to Say No, and Gender Differences and Communication. How to Get Your Teenager to Talk to You is chock-full of fresh ideas and simple techniques that will encourage teens to open up!