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

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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.

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?

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.

I wholeheartedly agree. This book covers so many important areas of growing up, and it does it in a complete, yet not over-the-top way. It is funny, yet real. I read it to my 12-year old daughter, and 10-year old son. During the "girls only" and "boys only" parts, we did separate reading times, so as not to embarrass them. When it came to the "hard" stuff for my to talk to them about, like sex, I thought I would have to "grit my teeth" and "go for it", but the sections were really well written so that it covered all the things I would want them to know about, without too much detail to cause embarrassment. Everything was written from a Biblical standpoint, but most of it came across as common sense and not threatening at all. In fact, after reading this book, both our kids have become more open to listening and accepting the boundaries we put in place for them, because they now understand, as the book points out, that we are doing this out of love to help them grow into mature, healthy adults, not to ruin their fun or their lives. It was nice, as a parent to hear someone else say the same things we'd been saying... but since it wasn't coming from us, the kids seemed more willing to listen. We really enjoyed this book, and I am so glad that I took the chance and bought it. I highly recommend it to anyone with pre-teens, or even teens for that matter... as the book points out, it is never too late to make a positive change in behavior.

Dennis and his family do a tremendous job of explaining to the preteen the pitfalls that will come along. As
parents we need to provide as much useful information as possible. There is also a short section for each
gender which help with those "hard to explain" things (especially for a single parent). Both of my children
(1 boy & 1 girl) liked this book. After I looked it over, I wrote a loving note inside the front cover & gave it to
my son. When he was done with it I gave it to my daughter. I wish I had this book at the appropriate age in my
life.

I took my 10-year-old daughter away, just the 2 of us for an overnight at a hotel and we went through this whole book and all the questions at the end of the chapters. It is very well-done and she reacted well to it as well. All the information that is essential for your pre-teen to know put together in a wonderful, non-scary way that is easy to present as well as easy for the pre-teen to hear. Highly recommend this one!

This is an excellent book for preteens. My son was very anxious to learn about the subjects of this book, (some more than others) and the Biblical perspective helped him to know God's will on the matters.

This book is an excellent book for your preteens. I highly recommend that parents read it first. Every child is different but it speaks to preteens at their level.

My daughter just turned 13 and we have been going through the book together. It is really great and very helpful. The chapter on sex is very basic and does not cover everything that the parent might want to discuss, but is good nonetheless.

This book would also work for slightly younger pre-teens in my opinion.

My husband and I were relieved that there is a book such as this. My son is on chapter 2, but my husband and I read thru it before handing it to him. We liked how all the topics are brought down to a teen's level. Of course we will still discuss the material with our son, but it's nice that he will read it first.