Parenting Without Guilt: Avoiding 7 Things Parents Do to Screw-Up Their Kids

What Parent Stands Over Their Child's Crib and Thinks, "What Can I Do to Ruin This Child's Life?"

We all want to think of ourselves as good parents, but the reality is that all parents make mistakes. Tom Couser has identified seven of the most common pitfalls of parenting and developed action plans to help parents overcome those mistakes. Parenting Without Guilt also contains a companion Bible study that can be used for personal study or for group discussion.

"Tom Couser is a wonderful, caring individual who has gladly given his heart to young people to assist them in their journey through adolescence."

-Patricia Klekamp, High School Principal, Hong Kong International School

"Tom Couser genuinely cares for kids and he has a good working relationship with teenagers. He communicates well with parents and works hard to open communication between parents and their students..."

-Bradley Krause, Middle School Principal, Dallas Lutheran School

"Tom Couser, a seasoned veteran of youth ministry, has been blessed with a gift to dynamically engage both teenagers and parents as he shares his excitement in building up the Kingdom of Heaven and strengthening family bonds at home."

-Ben Scheck, Director of Youth Ministry Crown of Life Lutheran Church, Colleyville, TX

Tom Couser is a veteran of forty years of working with teenagers and their parents. He hold both a bachelors and masters degree from Concordia University - Chicago. He is certified as both a director of Christian education (DCE) and as a school counselor. He served churches in Missouri, Illinois and Texas as a youth director and DCE. His last full-time position was as a school counselor at a private Christian high school in Dallas. In that position he worked with students experiencing behavioral, academic and personal issues. He also developed a mediation program within the school, training students how to resolve conflicts in a constructive manner. He addition to free-lance writing and doing workshops for teens and parents, in his retirement he works part-time as a hospital chaplain. Tom has been married to his wife, Barb, for forty years. Barb is a church musician and worship leader. They have been blessed with three children, all of whom are in full-time ministry. They also have three grandsons. In his spare time Tom enjoys reading, working in the yard and following Major League Baseball and the NASCAR circuit.