Like Dew Your Youth: Growing Up with Your Teenager [Paperback]

Eugene H. Peterson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1994

Ill dress the way I want! You wouldnt understand! Im not going to church! You never trust me! Comments like these evoke a host of responses from parents of adolescents: anxiety, anger, detachment, despair. But Eugene Peterson believes that these kinds of encounters offer important opportunities for parents and teens to grow closer to each other and to God. This book will help you view your son or daughters teen years from a refreshing perspective. In addition to a wealth of positive, effective ways to deal with many of the problems and pains of growing up, this encouraging book offers an understanding of parent-adolescent relationships that will promote an atmosphere of communication, trust, frankness, forgiveness, love and harmony in your home. Study questions at the end of each chapter help you apply the practical, biblically based teaching offered here.

Product Details

• Paperback: 125 pages
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; 2nd edition (October 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802801161
• ISBN-13: 978-0802801166
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #385,054 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Peterson, now retired, was for many years James M. Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He also served as founding pastor of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland. In addition to his widely acclaimed paraphrase of the Bible, The Message (NavPress), he has written many other books.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Peterson reminds us all gifts, even teenagers, are from God, September 29, 1999

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Frederick Collins (Cary, North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Like Dew Your Youth: Growing Up with Your Teenager (Paperback)

Chapter by chapter, Peterson presents each teenage challenge to parents (10 of them), and answers them with scripture and understanding. If we cannot draw on the example of Jesus to relate to our teenagers, then what good is our faith? As Christians we are uniquely gifted to deal with life, especially teenage sons and daughters. I was impressed with the examples. I recommend this book for parents *and* for teenagers, as both should come to a better understanding of each other after reading it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sensible help for parents of teenagers, August 17, 2010

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J. D. Coates (Victoria, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Like Dew Your Youth: Growing Up with Your Teenager (Paperback)

I always find Peterson's writing hard to follow - and I feel somewhat left out because (a) we are not your typical American Family (we are Australian) and (b)the adults of the family are 'recent converts'. This means that a lot of the examples get bypassed as 'irrelevant' (there are differences in culture) and some of the statements are hard to accept because they refer to families well grounded in Christ - for example, when Peterson asserts that Christian parents have a deep trust in God, I find myself thinking 'well, actually, I still don't quite...'.

However, some of the suggestions are very valid, no matter what the family background is - and for any parent struggling through in the adolescent phase of their children's life, his concept of treating it as an opporunity rather than a problem to be solved takes away a lot of angst, guilt and even a couple of arguments.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full of insights, August 12, 2005

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Eric Ma (Thornhill, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Like Dew Your Youth: Growing Up with Your Teenager (Paperback)

This is a reallt great book for parents and pastors who need to work with youths. It is balanced, graceful, and full of insights. It's one of the books I want to read again and again to make sure I do not lose sight of any of Peterson's advices.