I have most, if not all of these in my library. If you would like to look at one of them, I can “check it out” to you. - Kyle
BASICS
The Bible
THE authority on parenting. Before you look anywhere else, look here.
30 Days: Turning The Hearts Of Parents & Teenagers Toward Each Other by Richard Ross and Gus Reyes
This is not a book. It is a series of ten minute exercises to strengthen emotional ties of families. A must for all families with teenagers.
Parenting with Kingdom Purpose by Ken Hemphill and Richard Ross
This book uses the Bible and current research from the National Study of Youth and Religion to provide parents with a fresh approach to raising children that will cut through the chaos of modern life and bring families closer together and the Lord.
Heart Connex Family eDevotinals (free printable devotions for families with teenagers) available at: http://www.lifeway.com/lwc/article_main_page/0,1703,A=161567&M=200553,00.html. These are updated weekly.
Taming the Family Zoo by Jim and Suzette Brawner
This book can help parents to uniquely value and encourage each member of your family.
UNDERSTANDING THEIR WORLD
Disconnected: Parenting Teens in a MySpace World by Chap Clark and Dee Clark
An excellent resource that uses the Bible to help your teens navigate an increasingly superficial, politicized, and performance-driven world.
Hurt: Inside the World of Today’s Teenagers by Chap Clark
Quoting Amazon.com, “If parents, educators, and youth workers were to read only one book about helping adolescence—this would be the one. Chap Clark managed to get inside the world of US teenagers and reveal the depths of angst, pressure and loneliness they feel. Hurt illuminates the under layers of teen culture, the places where adolescents are most honest and vulnerable, only to discover that today’s youth are indeed a tribe apart—and it is the adults who have isolated them.
When Kids Hurt: Help for Adults Navigating the Adolescent Maze by Chap Clark
When Kids Hurt offers the challenging insights of Hurt to youth workers and parents in a more accessible form, with greater focus on how adults should respond to teens.
Courageous Parenting: The Passionate Pursuit of Your Teen’s Heart by David Hutchins
Courageous Parenting is a thoughtful and biblical guide to developing the kind of loving and influential relationship every parent longs to have with their teen.
GENDER SPECIFIC
Raising a Modern Day Knight by Robert Lewis (boys)
What does it mean to be a man? Moreover, how does a father instill these qualities in his son? This book examines these issues and the need for Christian rights of passage.
King Me: What Every Son Wants and Needs from His Father by Steve Farrar (boys)
Using kings of the Old Testament as character studies, the author examines the critical role a father plays in preparing his son to become a godly man.
Raising a Modern Day Princess by Pam Farrel and Doreen Hanna (girls)
Same as Raising a Modern Day Knight, but for teenage girls.
Queen Bees and WannaBes by Rosalind Wiseman (girls)
Wiseman is not a Christian author but she does provide some amazing insight into teenage girl politics and why teen girls act the way they do.
DEALING WITH SPECIFIC ISSUES
Josh McDowell’s Handbook on Counseling Youth: A Comprehensive Guide for Equipping Youth Workers, Pastors, Teachers, and Parents by Josh McDowell and Bob Hostetler
From simple challenges to major crises, this book will equip adults to help youth cope with specific issues such as emotional problems, abuse, addictions, family issues, disorders, sexual issues and much more.
Helping the Struggling Adolescent by Les Parrott.
This practical resource tool and handbook for counselors, pastors, and youth workers details over thirty common teenage problems arranged alphabetically from abuse to suicide.