Six Ways To Keep The Good In Your Boy Guiding Your Son From His Tweens To His Teens

This helpful resource equips you to instill integrity and honor in your son. Help him navigate the challenging tween years and beyond as you put him on the path to becoming a healthy and responsible adult. With some intentional parenting, your son can avoid the many pitfalls that prevent boys from growing into good men. Bob and Dannah Gresh share six proactive ways you can make a lasting impact in your son’s life. Get Him Outside to Play Encourage activities that spark his imagination and creativity and fulfill his God-given need for adventure. Give Him a Book So He Can Discover a Real “Call of Duty” Help him use his free time wisely and develop good discernment about what he reads, plays, and watches. Host Wing Nights and Fantasy Football Parties Let his dad be dad by giving him the freedom he needs to train and discipline his son well. Celebrate His Entrance into Manhood Prepare your son for changes to his body, his mood, and his attitude about the opposite sex. Unplug Him from a Plugged-In World Educate him early and often on the dangers of sexual sin and show him how to monitor his own media consumption. Let Him Open the Car Door for You Teach him how to be a gentleman and how to treat girls and women with kindness and respect. Good boys can grow up to be great men with a little guidance and a lot of prayer.

This helpful resource equips you to instill integrity and honor in your son. Help him navigate the challenging tween years and beyond as you put him on the path to becoming a healthy and responsible adult. With some intentional parenting, your son can avoid the many pitfalls that prevent boys from growing into good men. Bob and Dannah Gresh share six proactive ways you can make a lasting impact in your son's life. Get Him Outside to Play Encourage activities that spark his imagination and creativity and fulfill his God-given need for adventure. Give Him a Book So He Can Discover a Real "Call of Duty" Help him use his free time wisely and develop good discernment about what he reads, plays, and watches. Host Wing Nights and Fantasy Football Parties Let his dad be dad by giving him the freedom he needs to train and discipline his son well. Celebrate His Entrance into Manhood Prepare your son for changes to his body, his mood, and his attitude about the opposite sex. Unplug Him from a Plugged-In World Educate him early and often on the dangers of sexual sin and show him how to monitor his own media consumption. Let Him Open the Car Door for You Teach him how to be a gentleman and how to treat girls and women with kindness and respect. Good boys can grow up to be great men with a little guidance and a lot of prayer.

Bestselling author, speaker, and founder of the Secret Keeper Girl conferences, Dannah Gresh shares with moms the secret to helping today’s girls grow up confident, grace-filled, and strong in their faith. Studies show that the foundation for an emotionally healthy teen girl is built between the ages of 8-12 and that a good relationship with mom is one of the most important factors. So when the world wants girls to grow up too fast, how does a mother help her young daughter navigate the stormy waters of boy-craziness, modesty and body image, media, Internet safety, and more? With a warm, transparent style, Dannah Gresh shares six ways a mom can help protect and guide her daughter, including: help her celebrate her body in a healthy way unbrand her when the world tries to buy and sell her unplug her from a plugged-in world dream with her about her prince, and more This wonderful resource also provides moms a Connection IQ Inventory to test their mom- daughter relationship, creative and fun activities to do together, and Scriptures for the mom to pray for her daughter.

“Talk with your teenager.” “Be there for your tween.” Parents are often encouraged to talk with their kids, but they don’t always feel equipped to deal with these difficult topics off the cuff, right? At the turn of a page, 40 Answers for Teen’s Top Questions is packed with the most common teen questions, solutions, biblical advice, plus parenting tips that are laid out clearly in an easy-to-read way that your teen can read on their own or with you! You already know not to lecture your teen, but it can be hard to reason with them when emotions run high, so where do you turn? With over decades of experience counseling teens and parents (as well as being a parent of a teen), Dr. Gregory Jantz has the top 40 practical and compassionate answers you’re looking for. From peer pressure and bullies to zits and dating, parents will discover practical ways to have open and honest conversations with their teens while equipping them to navigate toward early adulthood. Includes the following: 40 real and relevant topics to teens and preteens Each question opens with real comments from an adolescent to other adolescents Straightforward answers from an expert addressed to teens with honesty and humor Each topic includes practical exercises to “Talk It Out,” “Act It Out,” and “Think It Out” “For Parents” section on each topic addresses concerns and gives ideas and options to create open communication

Real Help for the Toughest Talks Most parents dread talking about sex with their children. Anne Marie Miller loves giving "the talk." As she has shared her personal story and talked about God's gift of sex with almost half a million young people, she's noticed some disturbing patterns: · Google is how kids learn about sex · Kids are learning about sex and viewing pornography earlier than parents think · The sexually abused often don't tell anyone for fear of getting in trouble · Sexual messages are being consumed daily through mainstream and social media · Most parents think their child is the exception Instead of sweeping this topic under the rug, Miller wants to change the narrative. In this immensely practical and well-researched book, she equips parents to have meaningful and age-appropriate conversations with their children about sex, pornography, and sexual abuse. She advises parents on how to keep the lines of communication open so that their children know they can trust them with their fears, struggles, and mistakes. Most important, she offers hope to worried parents that their children can grow up with a healthy biblical view of sex as a gift from God.

Make Time for Fun, Teaching, and Connection With all the pressures and influences of today’s world, Christian moms worry about their little girls and how they will grow up. Quality time between a mom and a daughter can be the greatest protection against the world’s pressures to make a girl mature too quickly. Knowing this, Dannah Gresh, popular speaker and founder of the True Girl conferences, has developed a host of dating ideas to help moms invest the time needed to deeply connect with their daughters. 8 Great Dates includes fun mother-daughter get-togethers, perfect for one-on-one or for a small group of moms and their energetic 8- to 12-year-old daughters. Each date focuses on one topic surrounding beauty and dignity, provides lots of fun, and imparts a message that enhances life and faith. The book provides a mom with everything she needs to plan and carry out the activities and includes topics such as: The power of true beauty—what makes a girl beautiful? Truth or bare fashions—how to balance fashion and dignity Hair, makeup, and clothes—who should be your model? Here’s the secret to bringing up healthy, grounded, and spiritually rich girls!

This timely resource equips you to counter our culture’s harmful messaging to girls with positive, biblical guidelines that allow your daughter to grow up the way God intended her to—happy and healthy. Keeping your daughter from growing up too soon is every Christian parent’s battle. Dannah Gresh, founder of True Girl, shares six proactive ways you can win the fight for your daughter’s physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Give Her the Right Toys to Play With Learn how to select dolls and other toys that encourage creative play and spark imagination. Celebrate Her Body by Punctuating Her Period Teach her to see her body and its function as a beautiful reflection of God’s creation. Unplug Her from a Plugged-In World Protect her mental sobriety by setting reasonable limits on screen time and monitoring online activity. Unbrand Her When the World Tries to Buy and Sell Her Show her how to pursue inner beauty and reclaim the biblical value of contentment. Become the Carpool Queen and Sleepover Diva Help her form healthy friendships by staying actively involved in who she chooses to spend time with. Dream with Her About God’s Future for Her Plant and nurture a heart of purity in your daughter by promoting God’s design for relationships and intimacy. Keep the “little” in your girl and prepare her for a big future with God.

Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.