Parenting Your Teens and Tweens with Grace (Ages 11 to 18)

Being a parent of adolescents is tough work. Trying to raise faithful teens and tweens can seem like an impossible mission. Today's Catholic parents need access to the best tools to help them fully cooperate with God's grace. That's what Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak seek to help you do in Parenting Your Teens and Tweens with Grace. Building on their best-selling book Parenting with Grace, first published twenty years ago, this new volume draws on the same parenting principles and provides up-to-date research to guide parents on how to raise preteens and teenagers with grace and joy. Practical, faithful, and humorous, Parenting Your Teens and Tweens with Grace will help you: Overcome common parenting problems from ages 11 to 18, Create an uncommonly close, joyful family life, Experience your faith as the source of the warmth in your home, You can experience family life as the key to becoming the person God created you to be - and help your teens do the same! By integrating the Church's vision for family life with what science can teach about living out that vision in healthy ways, you can feel confident that you have what it takes to raise great, godly teens and tweens.

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Parenting Your Teens and Tweens with Grace (Ages 11 to 18)

Being a parent of adolescents is tough work. Trying to raise faithful teens and tweens can seem like an impossible mission. Today's Catholic parents need access to the best tools to help them fully cooperate with God's grace. That's what Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak seek to help you do in Parenting Your Teens and Tweens with Grace. Building on their best-selling book Parenting with Grace, first published twenty years ago, this new volume draws on the same parenting principles and provides up-to-date research to guide parents on how to raise preteens and teenagers with grace and joy. Practical, faithful, and humorous, Parenting Your Teens and Tweens with Grace will help you: Overcome common parenting problems from ages 11 to 18, Create an uncommonly close, joyful family life, Experience your faith as the source of the warmth in your home, You can experience family life as the key to becoming the person God created you to be - and help your teens do the same! By integrating the Church's vision for family life with what science can teach about living out that vision in healthy ways, you can feel confident that you have what it takes to raise great, godly teens and tweens.

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Parenting Your Teens and Tweens with Grace (Ages 11 to 18)

Parenting Your Teens and Tweens with Grace (Ages 11 to 18)

by Popcak
Parenting Your Teens and Tweens with Grace (Ages 11 to 18)

Parenting Your Teens and Tweens with Grace (Ages 11 to 18)

by Popcak

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Overview

Being a parent of adolescents is tough work. Trying to raise faithful teens and tweens can seem like an impossible mission. Today's Catholic parents need access to the best tools to help them fully cooperate with God's grace. That's what Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak seek to help you do in Parenting Your Teens and Tweens with Grace. Building on their best-selling book Parenting with Grace, first published twenty years ago, this new volume draws on the same parenting principles and provides up-to-date research to guide parents on how to raise preteens and teenagers with grace and joy. Practical, faithful, and humorous, Parenting Your Teens and Tweens with Grace will help you: Overcome common parenting problems from ages 11 to 18, Create an uncommonly close, joyful family life, Experience your faith as the source of the warmth in your home, You can experience family life as the key to becoming the person God created you to be - and help your teens do the same! By integrating the Church's vision for family life with what science can teach about living out that vision in healthy ways, you can feel confident that you have what it takes to raise great, godly teens and tweens.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781681924854
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor, Publishing Division
Publication date: 03/01/2021
Pages: 280
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak are the authors of more than twenty books and the hosts of More2Life, a call-in advice program airing weekdays on EWTN. Together, they direct CatholicCounselors.com, a Catholic telecounseling practice serving couples, families, and individuals around the world. In collaboration with Holy Cross Family Ministries, Dr. Greg and Lisa founded the Peyton Institute for Domestic Church Life, which promotes family spirituality and family well-being through professional training and original research. The Popcaks are members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' National Advisory Board for Marriage and Family Ministry.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Letter from the Authors 7

Part 1 Being a Catholic Parent - What's the Difference? 13

Chapter 1 The First Difference: God Is Our Co-Parent 17

Chapter 2 The Second Difference: Your Family Is an Icon of the Trinity 23

Chapter 3 The Third Difference: Your Family Is Part of God's Family 29

Chapter 4 The Fourth Difference: We're on a Mission from God 41

Chapter 5 The Fifth Difference: We Aren't Too Proud to Listen to Our Older Brothers and Sisters 51

Chapter 6 The Sixth Difference: Parenting Is a Ministry 55

Conclusion to Part One 59

Part 2 Discipleship Parenting 63

Chapter 7 Having a Ball: Discipleship and Attachment 65

Chapter 8 Building a House of Discipleship 81

Chapter 9 The Healing Power of Discipleship Parenting 91

Chapter 10 Astray Like Sheep: Discipling the Misbehaving Teen 113

Conclusion to Part Two 125

Part 3 Filling Your Discipleship Discipline Toolbox 129

Chapter 11 Rituals and Routines 133

Chapter 12 Collecting 141

Chapter 13 Team-Building 145

Chapter 14 Catch Them Being Good 149

Chapter 15 Virtue-Prompting 151

Chapter 16 Do-Overs 155

Chapter 17 Reviewing 159

Chapter 18 Time-In 165

Chapter 19 Emotional Temperature-Taking 169

Chapter 20 Time-Outs (Taking a Break) 175

Chapter 21 Logical Consequences 181

Conclusion to Part Three 187

Part 4 Discipleship Parenting for the Ages (and Stages) 191

Chapter 22 Discipling Your Preteen with Grace 193

Chapter 23 Discipling Your Teen with Grace 217

Conclusion: Living the Liturgy of Domestic Church Life 253

Need a Hand? Let Us Help! 261

References 263

Notes 267

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