I read this book while waiting for my oldest son to get out of his music classes. I read it in Caffe that was inside a supermarket store. I saw all kinds of families there. I saw a lot of examples of things I don´t want to live, and a lot of sweet moments that I want to treasure too. What I want the most is to take care of this relationship we have. I found the chapter on technology interesting because I still don´t deal with it, my children don´t have intelligent smartphones or social media. I think we are going to deal with worse and worse things in the future, that is why we need to read and understand their temptations and problems. Success for me is not career and money, popularity, and friends but my children knowing God-loving Him and His Word, and then loving and serving others, enjoying their identity and gifts God gave them to build his kingdom. I think you must define what success will be for you before reading this book, it is going to be helpful.

Raising Successful Teens could not have been written at a better time in my life. I am so happy that the author took the time to write this book as we need it more now than ever. In this time we have more challenges as parents. And this book helps us figure out how to guide them through this time of their life. We are reminded to have open communication with our teens and how that is key. I would recommend this book to several of the teen parents I know as we are all going through this together and this book is full of great resources.

This is a biblically based guide for parents. Get your teens out of the live for today, yolo mentally.
Jeffrey Dean has two decades of experience in ministry and families.

Raising Successful Teens is full of practical applications on how to truly parent a succesful teen. Dean challenges you to go beyond the norm and parent as Christ has called you to parent. The author is both encouraging while being honest and real at the same time about the difficulties of raising a successful teen.

Raising children has been one of the hardest things I have ever attempted to do. I have never felt so ill equipped and so needy before the Lord. I pray and I pray to pray more over these people I have been entrusted with. Their hearts, minds, emotions, and sexuality are incredibly sacred. This book reminded me that I am in a battle. It has given me tools and equipped my heart for much of the journey. I highly recommend it.

I feel like I only survived adolescence. I was exposed to every bad thing you would never want your child to encounter. It came from teachers, peers, parents, and church members. It was horrible. I was in therapy. I went to church. The problem was that my parents were in no way invested in my life, they took no responsibility for their own actions, and I had no one to lovingly direct me toward truth. I collapsed.

As a parent, I have desperately sought to know how to love and guide my kids in truth. It is the hardest thing I have ever done. The more you care, the harder it is. The enemy hates family. Our kids come in with this broken DNA. We have broken DNA. What we need is the DNA of Heaven. It’s complicated and confusing to navigate the waters of biblical parenting. So many voices are coming at you telling you that you are wrong.

Then this. This book comes alongside you and resonates what you know to be true. It speaks life to everything the enemy wants to steal from us and our kids. There is beauty and hope to be had. The enemy wants to cripple our children so that they can never experience it. This is war.

Jeffrey tackled some tough subjects. Sex, homosexuality, lying, friendships, school, & mental illness to name a few. It was encouraged me to keep my head and my heart in the fight. Pray for your kids. You haven’t come this far to give up. Read the book. Take notes. Ask hard questions. Speak life.

As a mother of teen and preteen boys, this book really hit home for me. Any chance to get a glimpse into the head of a teen boys is a welcome gift. I felt this books did just that and helped me to understand my children better. It is filled with lots of practical tips and applications. I recommend this book for all parents of teen and preteens.

“… God could have chosen anyone to be the parent of your teen. But He didn’t choose just anyone; he chose you. This is no coincidence.”
Raising teenagers has always been a hard, but rewarding part of parenting. In today’s world, it’s even harder and scarier, but can be even more rewarding. Raising Successful Teens: How to Help Your Child Honor God and Live Wisely by Jeffrey Dean is a book that parents of teens can look to for guidance and support. The author raises current difficulties parents having raising teenagers and looks at how parents can not only address those from a Biblical perspective, but help the teenager develop a Biblical perspective about that topic in their lives.

Raising Successful Teens was sent to me as part of a book launch for Multnomah books. The book is a revision of The Fight of Your Life and will be released on Sept. 3, 2019. I was given a free copy in exchange for a fair review.

The book starts off establishing the importance of the relationships a teen has with his or her mother and father and how important family and communication are in a teenager’s life. Then, the book addresses specific topics: healthy cell phone boundaries, pornography, dating and social media. The book ends by discussing how important faith is in helping a teen develop a good view of their purpose in life. One of my favorite chapters is “The Top Ten Questions Teens Are Asking.” It gives insight into what teens really worry about – their family, their identity and their faith. The author does a good job of relating stories from his own parenting and counseling experiences and does not come across as being a perfect parent at all. There are also concrete tips at the end of each chapter for parents to try out.

Raising Successful Teens is a good resource for every parent to read and have on a bookshelf. It is a book I will use as a reference as we are just about to enter the teenage years. Christian parents will especially find the faith-based aspect of the book helpful in looking at today’s issues from a Biblical perspective.

A well-researched book, with advice based on solid foundations. While the approach proposed is not new or revolutionary, it's good to see it applied to modern issues such as social media and the Internet.
Readers who don't identify as Christians may not be comfortable with the Bible references, however, the advice can be applied regardless of religious beliefs.

In his latest book, Raising Successful Teens: How to Help Your Child Honor God and Live Wisely, Jeffrey Dean offers parents of millennial and post-millennial teens excellent and practical advice for parenting in today's world. I wish I'd had this book sooner, but I'm grateful to have it now!

Dean starts off by encouraging parents with the idea that God has uniquely matched parents with their children, meaning, I am the best parent for my child. When I often feel like a failure, it's good to remember that our sovereign God has matched me and my teen!

Dean also covers things like ways today's teens think about culture, five critical questions teens need to answer, how parents can focus on what matters most, and the critical roles of fathers and mothers. Dean also addresses specific issues like keeping communication lines open, making the most of dinnertime, setting healthy boundaries for technology, dating, pornography, sex, friends, and finding purpose.

Dean does all of this in practical and biblical ways, helping parents navigate some difficult topics. I appreciate the evaluation questions Dean asks along the way, helping parents to see where they are and how to get there. He also includes a special section on teen suicide. This book is a wealth of knowledge and practical help for parents of today's teens--the perfect handbook for parents seeking to do their best to raise kids to know and love God and to live wisely in today's world.

Note: I received a copy of the book from the publisher through NetGalley for this honest review. The opinions expressed are my own.