This is a helpful, practical book for helping parents navigate the tricky preteen ("tween") years. The book contains 8 "Conversations" (chapters) to have with your daughter, and then suggests a way of welcoming her thirteenth birthday ("Project Thirteen and Birthday Boxes").
These are practical, reasonable ideas for conversations. Each chapter is about a specific conversation (ex. "The Body Talk", "The Boys Talk"), with various stories from different families, and thoughts from the authors. Each chapter contains a few (4-5) specific "Conversation Starters" which are then summarized at the end of each chapter (for example, in "The Body Talk" chapter, one of the conversation starters is "2. 'How do you feel about your body?' Your daughter is beautiful just the way God made her! This truth is easily lost in the teen years. Start reminding her today who she is in Christ."
I think this is mostly helpful in that it gets parents communicating with their children. Personally, I believe communication throughout a child's life (NOT just starting in the tween years) is essential to your child developing a healthy worldview. This book will help remind parents "what it was like" when they went through those same years. It will help you see your child's perspective, yet maintains a Biblical view of authority and how we should relate to our children.
I received this book free from Bethany House (Baker Publishing Group) in exchange for an honest review.
These are practical, reasonable ideas for conversations. Each chapter is about a specific conversation (ex. "The Body Talk", "The Boys Talk"), with various stories from different families, and thoughts from the authors. Each chapter contains a few (4-5) specific "Conversation Starters" which are then summarized at the end of each chapter (for example, in "The Body Talk" chapter, one of the conversation starters is "2. 'How do you feel about your body?' Your daughter is beautiful just the way God made her! This truth is easily lost in the teen years. Start reminding her today who she is in Christ."
I think this is mostly helpful in that it gets parents communicating with their children. Personally, I believe communication throughout a child's life (NOT just starting in the tween years) is essential to your child developing a healthy worldview. This book will help remind parents "what it was like" when they went through those same years. It will help you see your child's perspective, yet maintains a Biblical view of authority and how we should relate to our children.
I received this book free from Bethany House (Baker Publishing Group) in exchange for an honest review.
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