Toe to Toe With Your Teen: A Guide to Successfully Parenting a Defiant Teenager Without Giving Up or Giving in - Softcover

Myers, Jimmy, Ph.D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0830749012 ISBN 13: 9780830749010

Publisher: Baker Pub Group, 2009

Synopsis

A Guide To Successfully Parenting A Defiant Teen Without Giving Up Or Giving InEven solid, Christ-focused families are not immune to the turmoil created by rebellious teenagers. Every day, family counselors across the country see well-intentioned parents who are driven to their wits? end by the daily struggle with their children?s unmanageable behavior, desperate for a shred of hope that things can change. They also see teenagers whose lives hold great promise, but who need help navigating their way to maturity.

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About the Author

Dr. JIMMY MYERS is a licensed professional counselor who works with teenagers and their families. He is the owner and director of The Timothy Center, a unique counseling practice in Austin, Texas, that focuses on helping individuals and families find God’s solutions to life’s challenges. In addition, he serves as an adjunct professor in the master’s programs of Liberty University and Howard Payne University. Previously a youth minister at Hyde Park Baptist Church in Austin, Dr. Myers has spent more than 25 years writing, ministering and speaking nationwide on the subjects of discipleship, teenage life and Christian parenting. Myers and his wife of 28 years, Beth, are the parents of three children.

From the Back Cover

Help! My kids are out of control! Is your defiant, rebellious teenage daughter holding your family hostage to her selfish demands? Does your son look less each day like the good-natured child you remember and more like someone who uses rage and threats to get what he wants? Do you feel as if you have lost you God-given authority over your family and wonder how you can get it back? Help is on the way! Every day, Dr. Jimmy Myers, a family counselor based in Austin, Texas, meets parents of defiant teens who are at the end of their rope. They believe they have tried everything to rein in their children's unmanageable behavior, and they are desperate for a shred of hope that things can change. Deep inside they know that their teens' lives hold great promise, and they want to find the right tools to help their children grow into mature and healthy adults. In his more than 25 years in ministry to teens and their parents, Dr. Myers has discovered that it's never too late to turn a family around. InToe to Toe with Your Teen, he shares stories of parents who were driven to their wits' end but found fresh hope in their struggle with a rebellious teenager, and he offers his proven strategy for putting a stop to unruly behavior, exerting your God-given authority and regaining control of your family. You can have the peaceful home you've always wanted. InToe to Toe with Your Teen, Dr. Myers shows you how.

Edition details

• Publisher: Baker Pub Group
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830749012
• ISBN 13: 9780830749010
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 235