Reaching the Heart of Your Teen

Class Duration:         8 Weeks

Child's Target Age:  Teen Years

Class Prerequisite:  None

Why do teenagers rebel? Is it due to hormones, a primal desire to stake out their own domain, or a natural and predictable process of growth? To what extent do parents encourage or discourage the storm and stress of adolescence? Reaching the Heart of Your Teen looks at the many factors that make living with a teenager a blessing or a curse. This eight week course offers hope to families challenged by the pressure of living with an adolescent and offers practical steps to rebuild and maintain family harmony and love that will last a lifetime.

Included in this series is discussion on:

• Healthy families with teens and what makes them strong.
• Understanding teenage rebellion for what it really is.
• The diminishing role of parental authority and increasing role of parental influence in the life of a teen.
• How to establish common moral ground with your teen.
• The do's and don'ts of parent-teen communication.
• How to influence peer pressure on our children.
• How to start over with a wayward teen.
• How to truly communicate love to your teen.
• Understanding why teens don't talk or listen.
• What methods of corrections work with teens.
• Issues related to dating and courtship, and much more.

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