Below is a large list of resources that can be used in parenting.
Key for Resources
· Parents leading a “Christian” family.
· “Fathering” Christianly.
· Directing the spiritual lives of their children.
· General family oriented
Books
Bold Love
Dr. Dan Allender
Every Young Man’s Battle: Strategies for Victory in the Real World of Sexual Temptation
Stephen Arterburn & Fred Stoeker
Every Young Woman’s Battle: Guarding Your Mind, Heart, and Body in a Sex-Saturated World
Stephen Arterburn & Shannon Ethridge
Generation Next
Real Teens
Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions
George Barna
Teenage Boys! Shaping the Man Inside
Bill Beausay
The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls
Joan Jacobs Brumberg
How to Really Love Your Teenager
Ross Campbell
The 7 Secrets of Effective Fathers: Becoming the Father Your Children Need
Dr. Ken Canfield
Beside Every Great Dad
Dr. Ken Canfield & Nancy Swihart
Lost Boys and the Moms Who Love Them
Melody Carlson, Heather Kopp, and Linda Clare
Hurt: Inside the World of Today’s Teenagers
Chap Clark
Parenting Teens with Love & Logic
Foster Cline & Jim Fay
Raising Great Kids
Dr Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend
Pushed to the Edge: How to Stop the Child Competition Race so Everyone Wins
Donna G. Corwin
Dare to Discipline
The Strong Willed Child
Bringing Up Boys
Parenting Isn’t for Cowards
Parents’ Answer Book
Preparing for Adolescence
James Dobson
Children at Risk
James Dobson & Gary Bauer
Shaping the Spiritual Life of Students
Richard R. Dunn
All Grown Up and No Place to Go: Teenagers in Crisis
The Hurried Child
David Elkind
How to Get Your Teen to Talk to You
Connie Grigsby and Kent Julian
Raising Adults
Jim Hancock
A Tribe Apart: A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence
Patricia Hersch
Mom, Everyone Else Does!
Mom, I Hate My Life!
Mom, I Feel Fat!
Sharon A. Hersh
Parenting Adolescents
Kevin Huggins
Common Sense Parenting
Dr. Kent Hughes
Ten Mistakes Parents Make With Teenagers
Jay Kesler
Why Johnny Can’t Tell Right From Wrong
William Kilpatrick
Grace-Based Parenting
Dr. Tim Kimmel
Keeping Your Family Strong in a World Gone Wrong
Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours
Adolescence isn’t Terminal
Bringing Up Kids Without Tearing them Down
Dr. Kevin Leman
The Dirt on Breaking Up
Justin Lookadoo & Hayley DiMarco
The Dirt on Sex
Justin Lookadoo
Right From Wrong
Beyond Belief to Convictions
Josh McDowell
Understanding Today’s Youth Culture
Walt Mueller
Helping the Struggling Adolescent
Helping Your Struggling Teenager: A Parenting Handbook on 36 Common Problems
Les Parrott
The Family: Unchanging Principles for Changing Times
Dorothy Kelley Patterson
Not Much Just Chillin’: The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers
Linda Perlstein
Like Dew Your Youth: Growing Up With Your Teenager
Eugene Peterson
Growing a Spiritually Strong Family
Parenting Today’s Adolescent
Dennis & Barbara Rainey
Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers
Michael Riera
Parenting Without Perfection: Being a Kingdom Influence in a Toxic World
David John Seel Jr.
The Gift of Honor
Gary Smalley & John Trent
Sex Has a Price Tag
Pam Stenzel
The Art of Talking With Your Teenager
Paul Swets
The Pressured Child: Helping Your Child Find Success in School & Life
Michael Thompson
Spiritual Growth of Children
John Trent, Rick Osborne
Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens
Paul Tripp
Shepherding a Child's Heart
Tedd Tripp
Intensive Care: Helping Teens in Crisis
Rich Van Pelt
Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen
Dr. David Walsh
Parents in Pain
John White
Web Sites
Growing Families International
http://www.gfi.org/index.htm
Focus on the Family resources
http://www.family.org/resources
Walk Through The Bible – Parenting & Family Resources
http://www.walkthru.org/CC_Content_Page/0,,PTID310806%7CCHID615418%7CCIID,00.html
Dr. Tim Kimmel’s site
http://www.familymatters.net/
Family Life
http://www.familylife.com/1-800-358-6329/category.asp?cat=Parenting
Object lesson approach to family devotions
http://famtime.com/
Parent Ministry
http://www.parentministry.org/
The Center for Parent-Youth Understanding
http://www.cpyu.org/
Christianity Today for Teens
http://www.christianitytoday.com/teens/
Christianity Today – parenting
http://www.christianitytoday.com/parenting
Screen It – in-depth movie reviews (requires $$ subscription)
http://www.screenit.com/
List of Christian Colleges
http://www.christiancollegementor.org/
Plugged In – publication by Focus on the Family
http://www.pluggedinonline.com/
The National Center for Fathering
http://www.fathers.com/
Magazines
Plugged In
Helping parents and youth leaders guide teens through the world of popular youth culture.
Focus on the Family
Youthculture@today
A ministry to build strong families by equipping parents, youth workers, and educators to understand the world of children & teens, by equipping teens to deal with the challenges of adolescence, and by equipping both parents and teens to live by the light of God’s word.
Center for Parent/Youth Understanding (http://www.cpyu.org/)
Relevant
God. Life. Progressive culture.
http://www.relevantmagazine.com/
Breakaway (for boys)
Focus on the Family
Brio (for girls)
Focus on the Family
Campus Life
Zondervan
