Parent Resources

- For Teens -

Parents, the purpose of this resource page is to offer you solid, gospel-centered, Biblically sound material
that will help you more effectively parent your teens.

//Helpful websites//

Desiring God - DG is filled with helpful articles from parenting, to friendship, to sex, and beyond. It’s a great place to start if you are looking for help on a specific topic.

ACBC - The Association of Biblical Counselors website has a long list of blog posts and podcasts on given topics like, marijuana, masturbation, raising kids, bullying, and much more.

Rooted Ministries - Is another resource that covers many topics relevant to parenting teens.

//Anxiety & fear//

Books

• Help! I’m Anxious, Philip De Courcy (Also available at the church)

• A Small Book For The Anxious Heart, Ed Welch

Articles

• Anxiety Resource Page, Desiring God

• The Bible and Anxiety (podcast)
  

//Dating & relationships//

Articles

• Five Questions to Ask Before You Start Dating

• Wait to Date Until You Can Marry

//dIFFICULT TOPICS//

Resources

• Parental Responses to Bullying (podcast)

• Parenting and the Bullied Child (podcast)

• Help! My Child is Being Bullied — copies available at church

• Suicide - How to help someone who is suicidal (podcast)

//Friendship//

Books:

• The Company We Keep: In Search of Biblical Friendship, Jonathan Holmes

Articles

• Friends Your Age Are Not Enough

• What A Friend We Have In Jesus

• Biblical Friendship (Podcast)

//Homosexuality//

Books

• Is God Anti-Gay?, Sam Alberry

• What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality? Kevin DeYoung

• Alive, Gospel Sexuality for Students, Harvest USA

Articles

• Homosexuality Resource Page Desiring God

//Parenting teens//

Books

• Age of Opportunity, Paul Tripp

• Parenting, Paul Tripp

• The Disciple-Making Parent, Chap Bettis

Articles

• Parenting Resource Page, Desiring God

• Five Awkward Conversations Every Teen Needs To Have With Their Parents

• How to ‘Disciple’ Your Kids Into Church Dropout Status

//Purity//

Books

• Finally Free, Heath Lambert — This book is geared toward people battling pornography, but helpful on the broader fight of purity as well

Articles

• Purity Resource Page Desiring God

• Four Things Youth Workers Would Tell Parents about Teenagers, Social Media, and Technology.

Apps

• Accountable 2 You - we highly recommend this resource for internet accountability.

• Canopy - another helpful tool for internet safety

//Spiritual growth//

Books

• This Changes Everything, Jaquelle Crowe

• Growing in Godliness: A Teen Girls Guide to Maturing in Christ, Lindsey Carlson

• Transformed by Truth, Katherine Forester

Articles

• The Greatest Thing You Could Do Today

• Help! My Teen is Questioning the Faith
  

//Studying the bible//

Articles

• How to Teach Your Teen to Study the Bible

• Family Worship (videos)

Resources

• The Bible Project - They provide an engaging video overview of every book of the Bible

• Read Scripture - A year long reading plan organized by the The Bible Project

• Path Through the Narrow Gate - Helpful resources for parents who want to help their kids read the Bible

//tECHNOLOGY//

Books:

• Tech-Wise Family, Everyday Steps to Putting Technology In It’s Proper Place, Andy Crouch

Articles

• Unplug, iGen: Put the Phone Down and Live

• Twelve Tips for Parenting in the Digital Age

• Should Teens Own Smartphones?

Resource

• The Circle - A tool to manage all your devices in the home.