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Between social media, peer pressure, identity struggles, and the constant change in culture, parents feel overwhelmed and outmatched. At times, they blame the culture for their family problems, they make decisions out of fear, trying to protect their teens from “the world,” or they simply ignore the issues, hoping they will go away. They are grasping for a better way to be the parent they know they can be.
Becoming a Teen Savvy Parent helps parents make sense of their teens’ world without fear, blame, or blinders, and encourages them to lead their teens to engage the culture. Author Brian Housman helps parents become a greater influence by stepping into their teens’ lives, understanding what’s shaping them, and discovering how families can engage the world with redeeming goodness, wisdom, and love.
With grace and honesty, Becoming a Teen Savvy Parent guides parents through real issues their teenagers face. Each chapter offers insight, challenge, and practical steps on how to move from reaction to relationship; how to go from being another voice barking rules, to being an advocate that leads their teenager into freedom.
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Brian has been working full-time with families since 1993 as a Youth Pastor, Camp Director, School Administrator, and as the Founder of 360Family in Chattanooga, TN. He is the creator of Screen Smarts (weblink) — an online technology course designed to encourage and equip parents each week in six minutes, and creator of our Parenting Conversation Starters resource (weblink). He has had the privilege of speaking at more than 800 conferences, schools, churches, and camps in 47 states and 11 countries. He has written more than 40 articles for Parenting Teenagers, Homeschooling Today, and Parent Life and has authored three previous books: How You Always Meant to Parent, Engaging Your Teen’s World, and Tech Savvy Parenting.
