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What is a book/resource to help me in understanding and giving parenting advice?
I'm a youth pastor, married without children. I've noticed more parents asking me for advice, which is wonderful and I am glad to have their trust and to offer what help I can. I'm comfortable speaking as an expert in adolescence, but feel like I could use some insight.
I understand that "you won't understand until you have your own" but since that's not in the cards, I would love to know what I could read to help me gain confidence in advising parents on how to raise their children. Thanks in advance!
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Check cpyu.org they have some good books and a podcast you should tell parents about |
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I agree with Steve about not having to be a parent to be able to give parenting advice. I too am a married youth pastor without children. To keep this short, I just finished reading a book called "Age of Opportunity" by Paul David Tripp. I love this book for many reasons. First, its Biblical, which is a must. However, I have read many parenting books that are Biblical, but not practical. This book fleshes out Biblical principles through practical opportunities (that's huge to me). Third, the book was primarily written for parents, not youth pastors on how to minister to parents. Also, there is a great theme that runs throughout the whole book, which I don't have enough room here to write. I highly recommend this book! |
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I don't have kids either. We might not be able to give parenting advice from our own experience, but working with a lot of different teens does give us a unique perspective to be a bridge between the world of the parents and the world of the teens. We most likely have insight into a teenager's culture that the parents don't see. One book I'd recommend that gives insight into teenage culture and how adults have failed them is "Hurt" by Chap Clark. It's a great resource. I also recently picked up but have not yet read "Sticky Faith" by Kara Powell and Chap Clark which is written to parents about raising their kids to have a faith that sticks long-term throughout their lives. I'm looking forward to reading that one. |
