Parenting Ahead: Preparing Now For the Teen Years
Parenting Ahead helps parents with younger children build a foundation for their family based on biblical principles for the teen years to come. Readers will learn to practice redemptive parenting where their children grow to see the world through a gospel lens based on biblical truth.
As parents of young children anticipate the teen years, counselor Kristen Hatton helps them lay the groundwork so that having honest conversations, setting reasonable limits, and exploring issues of the heart will prepare them and their children for the next stage. Hatton helps moms and dads make the connection between their current parenting and future outcomes. By evaluating their parenting, they will see where their own fears, desires, and insecurities lie and how to pivot to practices of faith and trust in God.
Proactive, long-haul parenting will help parents and children be better prepared for engaging in the realities of peer pressure, decision-making, and recognizing the connection between behavior and the heart.
- Evaluate your parenting style to identify whether you are under- or over-parenting.
- Discover practical strategies for redemptive parenting and living out the gospel of grace in your home.
- Encouragement to take wise, faithful steps while depending on God’s grace for parenting mistakes and failures.
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The Gospel-Centered Life in Exodus For Students
The first in a series of small group studies for teens and young adults that traces God’s story of redemption through the whole Bible, The Gospel-Centered Life in Exodus for Students is a twelve-lesson resource to teach students how to study God’s Word and connect it to their lives.
As students come together to read and discuss they will discover that, just like the ancient Israelites, we all need a Redeemer. As the Israelites grumble, complain, disobey, worship false gods, and try to be their own Savior, teens and young adults will see that they too do those same things. But they will also see how God gives grace to the guilty and over and over again comes to the rescue, pointing to the deliverance of God’s people that is later fulfilled in Christ and the gospel.
With each easy-to-use, self-contained lesson that requires no outside work and can be completed in just one hour, teens and young adults will find and meet Jesus in unexpected places and see the pattern of redemption present even in the Old Testament. As they learn that the entire Bible is one unfolding story about Jesus, and that the same God who spoke to Moses also sent his Son to redeem us from our sins, study participants will better learn how to read Scripture and view it as the “manna” needed for their daily life.
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Face Time: Your Identity in a Selfie World
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat… It’s fun to be connected, but it’s also a lot of pressure. Social media constantly reminds you what others are doing, how they look, and who they are with. As you check your accounts it can be easy to think you aren’t measuring up to those you are following and to wonder who you really are.
Of course wanting to feel accepted and understood is not new, but the fast-paced world of social media highlights the struggle to find something (anything), that gives a sense of worth and identity. An easy solution to the problem? You can cover it up with risky behavior, keep busy with more and more activities, diet until you drop and then binge, or even try self-harm. But none of those things can make you feel comfortable in your own skin (at least not for long). The real issue of your identity— who you are and who you want to become—can be covered up for only so long.
Kristen Hatton, a trustworthy guide for teens, wants girls to have the deep security, value, worth, love, and acceptance that they long for. But she points them in a different direction than they might expect. Instead of looking within, she helps them to look up—to the one who made them and cares for them through all of the ups and downs of their lives. In this easy-to-read guide, Kristen takes girls on a step-by-step, hope-filled journey toward understanding who they are, who loves them, and how to live out of that love every day. To read endorsements click here. To order click: Shop.
GET YOUR STORY STRAIGHT:
A TEEN GUIDE TO LEARNING AND LIVING THE GOSPEL
Everyone has a story, but not everyone has their story straight—and teenagers are no exception! Today’s selfie culture fuels ongoing confusion about identity and purpose, and teens are left to assume that they are ultimately responsible to make life work, find meaning, and hope for the best when they mess up. When it’s all about you, it’s also all up to you. Right?
This one-of-a-kind devotional book rescues teens from the selfie culture, inviting them to live with Jesus in his gospel story—where they can know that their sins are forgiven, their future is assured, and their lives have meaning. While this yearlong study is designed for individual devotional use, it would work particularly well for small group discussion led by a mentor. And can be equally beneficial for adult readers.
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EBOOKS
A Girls’ Camp Guide: Making Money Having Fun
By Kristen Hatton & Stacy Humphreys
Does your teen daughter always need money but getting a job with her busy schedule seem impossible? We understand. With family vacations, camp, sports and other activities it can be challenging for a teenager to find a job that allows for flexibility. So when our girls were in seventh grade we began dreaming about a way for them to make money year after year doing a backyard summer girls’ camp. For seven years it was just that!
This guide is designed to help you follow our tried and true methods. The Girls’ Camp Guide is a nearly 100 page substantial eBook that includes five chapters, plus an adendum and essential Checklist, hitting on everything from start to finish, includes themes, crafts and business best practices. To see a sample click: Sample
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