Understanding Your Teen: Online Course

Family expert Jim Burns provides a handy guide for parenting teens. For teens to become responsible adults, parents need to help them grow through developmental changes to attain a healthy self-identity, establish good relationships, make wise decisions, and grow in their relationship with God. Burns shows how parents can shape behavior and character, navigate social media challenges, and communicate and resolve conflict healthily. He also tackles the realities of our day, including cyberbullying, dating violence, self-injury, depression, and much more. Whether you’re facing serious troubles or need simple tips for a better family life, this book offers help and hope.

There are 6 sessions in this online course accompanied with videos and discussion questions. The lessons are:

• Session 1: Understanding Your Teenager
• session 2: Energizing Your Teen’s Spiritual Life
• Session 3: Creating a Media-Safe Home
• Session 4: Teaching Healthy Sexuality
• Session 5: Homework, Communication and Culture
• Session 6: Your Marriage and Troubled Teenagers