Parenting Jewish Teens: A Guide for the Perplexed - Softcover

Doades, Joanne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580233058 ISBN 13: 9781580233057

Publisher: Jewish Lights, 2006

Synopsis

Raising a teenager is difficult; your Jewish values can help make it easier.

Relationships with teenage children can be maddening and frustrating. They undergo the most peculiar transition from children you think you know into mysterious adolescent strangers you often wish you didn't.

Drawing upon the teachings, insights, and wisdom that have sustained the Jewish people throughout the generations, this groundbreaking and invaluable guidebook will help you navigate the tumultuous journey of parenting a Jewish child into adulthood while asking―and answering―important questions, including:

• How is my Jewish teen’s life different from my life when I was a teen?
• How do I cope with the pain of separation as my child enters the teenage years?
• What are the causes of the conflict between me and my teen, and how can I help our family move through our most difficult moments?
• How must my own behavior change as my teen grows older?
• Is it possible to live with differences in Jewish belief and observance within the same family during my child’s teenage years?
• What are the unique challenges of parenting Jewish teens in special situations, such as an interfaith home; a special-needs teen; an adopted teen; or a teen who is engaged in risky or self-destructive behaviors?

About this title

From the Author:

"We Jewish parents, and perhaps others as well, need a glimpse of the meaning that lies beyond the minute-by-minute, day-to-day encounters in the struggle of parenting emerging adults. In the everyday battles of life with our teens, we need the benefits and the comfort that the teachings and the wisdom that have guided and sustained the Jewish people through countless generations can provide." --from the Preface

From the Back Cover:

This comprehensive, first-of-its-kind guidebook explores the questions and issues that shape the world in which today's Jewish teenagers live and offers constructive advice that can help Jewish parents maintain their sanity, dignity, and loving family relationships as their children grow.

In a friendly, supportive tone, with humor and insight, this book will help you face the challenges of raising your Jewish teenager. It offers ancient and contemporary Jewish parenting wisdom and shows you through real life examples how ties to your Jewish community can sustain you in difficult times. You will come away with advice on how to survive your children's teen years in an environment that fosters love and maturity--and an understanding on how you can change, grow, and reach toward holiness and wholeness in your own life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jewish Lights
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1580233058
• ISBN 13: 9781580233057
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176