So You're About to Be a Teenager: Godly Advice for Preteens on Friends, Love, Sex, Faith and Other Life Issues [Paperback]

Dennis Rainey (Author), Barbara Rainey (Author), Rebecca Rainey (Contributor), Samuel Rainey (Contributor)

Book Description

Series: Parenting | Publication Date: August 14, 2003

Samuel and Rebecca Rainey, preteens themselves not many years ago, add their perspective as young adults who vividly recall their own successes and failures as teenagers. Covering such topics as friends, peer pressure, boundaries, dating, and sex, the Raineys address the most common traps of adolescence and teach young people how to avoid making poor choices. Short, concise chapters are filled with engaging illustrations and practical applications. This book is essential reading for preteens.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (August 14, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785262792
• ISBN-13: 978-0785262794
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #9 in Books > Teens > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every kid about to start middle school or junior high school should read this, December 29, 2009

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This review is from: So You're About to Be a Teenager: Godly Advice for Preteens on Friends, Love, Sex, Faith and Other Life Issues (Paperback)

Here is a book that every kid who is about to start middle school or junior high school should read. Whether or not kids want to know about all the stuff in this book, they are going to face it when they get to middle school or junior high school. Better to learn it here, in an awesome book that will teach the facts with grace than to learn it from the kids at school who will teach each other a whole lot of nonsense.

Authors Dennis and Barbara Rainey teamed up with their-college-ages son and daughter (Samuel and Rebecca) to give the most conclusive Godly advice on friends, love, sex, faith, dating, and more I've ever seen. I wish with all my heart I'd have a book like this handed to me when I was eleven. If you're hesitant or afraid to start talking to your kids about this stuff, or if you're a teen who has a lot of questions, pick up a copy of this book. It's like having a friend who isn't afraid to tell you the truth. This is the best place to start. With the facts.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Realistic and practical advice, if you don't want your kids overly self-centered pleasure seeking, December 19, 2006

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Xiwei Wu "a seed" (Cupertino, California, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: So You're About to Be a Teenager: Godly Advice for Preteens on Friends, Love, Sex, Faith and Other Life Issues (Paperback)

This book is very good in being very frank about snares and traps that related to early teen dating. I don't want my girls date too early, because I don't want them get hurt. I do hope they respect God's design of this virgin psychology, that once lost, it can't be restored to the orignial sense, so why not heed all the warnings up front?

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Passport to purity book, June 10, 2007

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Angel Nelson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: So You're About to Be a Teenager: Godly Advice for Preteens on Friends, Love, Sex, Faith and Other Life Issues (Paperback)

This book is all the information from the passport to purity program. Nice to have if you want to review part or all of the program without going throught the CDs again.