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Age of Opportunity by Paul David Tripp — WisdomDeck honest review
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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.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Your idols shape your parenting more than theirs.
  2. Teens need a parent, not a friend or a cop.
  3. Opportunity, not survival.

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Teens as opportunity.

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