Age of Opportunity
by Paul David Tripp
The teenage years as opportunity rather than survival: the idols of parents and teens, the goals of parenting adolescents, and practical strategies for heart-level conversation. Tripp's best-known parenting book.
Read it if…
you have teenagers and want a gospel frame with specifics.
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Skip it if…
your children are small.
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Three things you will actually use
- Your idols shape your parenting more than theirs.
- Teens need a parent, not a friend or a cop.
- Opportunity, not survival.
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Read the chapter on the parent's idols first.
Our verdict
Teens as opportunity.
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