Family Time Resources - Parenting Teenagers
What is Family Time Parenting Teenagers?
It is a six session course developed by Paul and Christine Perkin. This course provides a wonderful opportunity for parents to connect with other parents facing similar issues through the teenage years. Parents of teenagers easily become isolated from each other when there is no more standing at the school gate or collecting children from each other’s homes. This course provides a place for ongoing friendship and support. It also provides an opportunity to take a fresh look at our parenting – at the relationship we have built with our children and how we can help that to grow. It aims to help parents identify the areas in which they are strong, and those where they wish to improve.
Who is it for?
Sometimes it feels like your teenage children are living in another world. Family Time Parenting Teenagers is for all parents who want to retain a guiding hand in their teenagers' lives, while learning to give them the space they need to stretch their wings and fly.
Example session from the DVD
A typical evening?
We begin at 7.30pm with supper or light refreshments followed with a talk and exercises. Then we have coffee and cake at 9.15pm and move into discussion groups which end by 10pm.
What are people’s experiences of the course?
'It gave us fresh hope and motivation to reconnect with our teenager.'
'The course allowed us to be real about our struggles.'
'After our first classic teenage confrontation, we referred back in desperation to the handbook. It all began to make sense! It was so helpful to remind each other how we might handle it differently next time.'
‘It was such a relief to realise that we shared similar experiences with other parents of teenagers – we weren’t the only ones!’
‘We loved getting together with other parents in a relaxed atmosphere.’
‘We enjoyed the discussion groups when we looked at the different scenarios – they were very real to life and made us think very practically about some of the issues.’
 Weekly topics
Course material, including the full leaders' script, and powerpoints for each session, is available to download free:
The handbook
The handbook is for guests to use throughout the course. Each chapter accompanies one of the 6 sessions of the course.
 The DVD
The full, 6-session course was launched on DVD in July 2008. There's no need to plan or prepare talks, just press play! Gather parents together informally, over coffee or after a meal and watch at your leisure. It's an interactive resource with individual and group exercises and scenarios to stimulate discussion.
Reviews:
'Thank God for this course - it will amuse, motivate, inspire and equip. We wish we'd had this before we started parenting our teenagers!'
Killy and J John
'Every church wanting to help teenagers and their parents needs to have this resource among its family life courses'
John and Anne Coles
'We piloted this course and it has made a huge impact – we highly recommend it to you and your church'
Mark and Karen Bailey
The Book
The Parenting Teenagers book is out now. It covers all six sessions of the course, offering parents of teenagers insightful and practical help as they navigate the teenage years.
Reviews
‘We enthusiatsically recommend this book for anyone who has anything to do with the wonderful world of teenagers. It covers the whole gamut of issues facing parents with honesty, wit and wisdom.’
Lyndon & Celia Bowring CARE
‘This will be a God-send to many parents who are bringing up their teenage children and feel they could do the job a little better!’
Andrew and Katherine Cornes
‘This book is really enjoyable and easy to read, straightforward, balanced and biblical’
Mark & Karen Bailey
All course resources are available from www.newwinedirect.co.uk or by calling 01494 567254. Please do call ‘Family Time’ on 020 8579 9370 for further information.
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