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The Big Black Book For Parents Helping Your Teen Navigate Through Life's Challenges
Author: Blaine Bartel

I’m Blaine Bartel and I’m a parent of three teenagers. Oh yes, my incredibly brave wife, Cathy, has been my lifelong partner in this journey—this quest to magically transform these increasingly big children into responsible, deeply spiritual young adults. Neither of us asked for this job. You see, all we really wanted when this wh... more »ole thing began was a baby or two, or three. Let me say very clearly for the record that we did not ask for teenagers. They just seemed to evolve before our very eyes. Honestly, we didn’t see it coming. One day it just happened. Our cute, cuddly, innocent yearlings soon turned into something that couldn’t be tamed with some goofy pacifier or a warmed up bottle of milk. This was no quick fix. This teenager stuff was way different. It was going to take work, thinking, talking, planning, consulting, reading, praying, negotiating, understanding...and that got us through to age 14. At first we weren’t quite sure what to do. Being a full-time youth pastor, I was always telling parents what to do. That was my job. I was the expert. I knew all about teenagers. Come on, it couldn’t be that hard. And besides that, I had parents. What they did raising me sure didn’t seem that hard at the time. But everything changed when these little teenage tribal warriors were your own. They had your last name. And they were taking that name out into a wild teenage world. And as parents, you don’t want the name to come home damaged, nor the bearers of the name. Something had to be done. One colleague passed on a well thought-through plan when Jeremy, our first of three boys, turned 13. He told me, "Build a big wooden box. Put your 13-year-old in the box. Seal the box. Drill a small hole in the top of the box for air. When he turns 16...." I nodded curiously. "Plug the hole!" Make no mistake. Raising teenagers may be the most difficult job you’ll ever undertake. And it’s a job you can’t afford to quit. Quitting will levy a much heavier personal cost than the price you’ll pay in the time, energy, love, and yes, even money you’ll be required to expend to do the job right. We’ve made our mistakes along the way. But Cathy and I have gladly given everything God and good parenting have asked for, and we have been justly rewarded. All three of our boys are serving God and living their lives to their fullest potential. Jeremy has now graduated and is pursuing his dream in film making. Our middle son, Dillon, is a senior and is planning out his music career. Brock is a freshman and is going to play for the Dallas Cowboys. They all bear our name and we couldn’t be more proud. But it’s taken work. And we still have a lot of it left to do. Important work. Big work. And that’s why I’m happy to share with you our big black book. We’ve taken notes along the way. So read on. Your kids are worth it.

ISBN-13: 9781577947226
ISBN-10: 1577947223
Publication Date: 3/23/2005
Pages: 191
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Publisher: Harrison House
Book Type: Paperback
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