Parents of Teens
Parenting Seminars
I believe that my job as a Youth Pastor is to be a help to parents as they seek to raise Godly children. To help accomplish that purpose, I have a goal of having a Parenting Seminar of some kind each year. If you have any specific ideas of what you’d like to have a seminar on, talk to me (Pastor Woogy) and share your ideas so that I can ensure that who I bring in and what they talk about speaks directly to where you as the parents are.
Adult Leader or Chaperone Youth Event Form
This form needs to be completed and passed in to Pastor Woogy prior to chaperoning any youth event, in case of medical emergency.
Please click (here) for this form.
Helpful Parenting Resources
Woogy has books in his office that are available to you as parents if you are looking for some help or advice as it pertains to having a godly marriage, raising godly kids, or maintaining your own spiritual growth. The titles I currently have are below, and they are all available to you to borrow if you so desire.
Marriage and Family Books:
Sticky Faith; everyday ideas to build lasting faith in your kids
Raising Adults; getting kids ready for the real world
Understanding Your Teenager; a complete guide for parents
The Five Love Languages of Teenagers
Complete Marriage and Family Home Reference Guide
Creating an Intimate Marriage
Spiritual Growth Books:
Chasing Daylight; seize the power of every moment
Jesus with Dirty Feet
The Measure of a Man; 20 attributes of a Godly man
Live Like a Jesus Freak
Don’t Waste Your Life
Jesus + Nothing = Everything
Adolescent Development
| Resource Name | Description |
Web Links |
| Understanding Your Teenager |
This organization was founded by youth ministry guru Wayne Rice and it has a lot of helpful information about the development of teens. |
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| Child and Family Web Guide | This website of valuable resources was compiled and is maintained by Tufts University. | www.cfw.tufts.edu |
| American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Provides good information on normal adolescent development. | |
| Puberty 101 | A website written to teens explaining the physical changes they go through in puberty. It can be crude and too descriptive at times though, so it is recommended as a resource for parents only. | www.puberty101.com |
Youth Culture and Media
| Resource Name | Description |
Web Links |
| Center for Parent/Youth Understanding | Walt Mueller is the President of this organization. His full time job is studying youth culture, analyzing it, and informing parents and youth leaders about it. This website is an excellent place to start whenever you need more information about a certain aspect of youth culture. | |
| The Dove Foundation | Reviews of movies, videos, and video games that contain sex, language, violence, drugs, nudity, and the occult. | www.dove.org |
| Focus on the Family | Dr. James Dobson is the Founder of this family friendly resource on media and youth culture. | www.family.org |
| Movie Theology | This list includes Web addresses for sites that offer info on movies, along with sites that offer reviews of film from a Christian perspective. | www.cmu.ca/library/faithfilm.html |
| Internet Slang | This page is from the free Wikipedia online encyclopedia. This is an exhaustive and ever growing database of the definitions of the “lingo” that teens use when talking online. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang |
| Song Facts | Check out this page to see what a song really means, and how kids are interpreting what a specific song means. Also includes some stories behind some of the songs that are out there. | www.songfacts.com |
| The Rap Dictionary | If you’ve finally figured out the lyrics to a hip-hip song but have no clue what they mean, this website is for you. Also includes biographies of rappers and album info. | http://rapdict.org |
| Video Games | This sight keeps you updated an all the newest video games on the market an their content. | www.joystiq.com |
| Article | This Boston Globe article tells the results of a study that shows that teens who listen to sexually explicit lyrics are more sexually active. | Click here to view article |
| National Institute on Media and the Family | More good reviews on all sorts of media influences. | www.mediafamily.org |
Youth (General)
| Resource Name | Description |
Web Links |
| Center for Youth Studies | A great resource for parents to find out information on almost every topic that might touch a young person’s life. Their Encyclopedia for Youth Studies (EYS) is a very valuable tool. |
Online Accountability
| Resource Name | Description |
Web Links |
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Covenant Eyes |
A program which you install on your computer that allows you to receive a report of what web pages your teens are visiting (for a fee). | |
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X3Watch |
Same idea as above program, but the free version! (not as thorough a program though) |
