The Beautiful Chaos of Parenting Teens

by Leneita Fix

This book combines wit and wisdom to challenge parents to take back every parenting moment with purpose. Parents of teens are facing a busy and tumultuous season of life. Leneita Fix shares great insight from the perspective of a parent in the middle of it, and as an experienced ministry leader. She writes like a friend, reminding parents to never give up or pass off parenting to the so-called experts. This book offers parents practical ways to understand each child, communicate more effectively, and maintain a solid heart connection. The end goal is to keep teenagers headed toward a life in Christ.

Genres: Parenting

1 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2016

About the author

Leneita Fix is the missions/training coordinator for BowDown Church and Urban Youth Impact in West Palm Beach, Florida. She is the author of No Teenager Left Behind and Everybody s Urban. She has also been featured in several multi-author projects, including 50 Questions, Two Sides, and the Simple Truth Bible. Leneita has also published Bible studies, leadership curriculum, and parent ministry curriculum with YouthMinistry 360, Group Publishing, InWord, Download Youth Ministry, ParentMinistry, and LeaderTreks. She has spoken to national audiences at conferences and churches such as D6, Simply Youth Ministry, Indiana State United Methodist Conference, CCDA, as well as several local and national trainings. She has worked as a consultant with national ministries in direction of their curriculum and work. One of her greatest joys is serving in ministry as a family with her husband, John, and their four amazing children.

Reviews

[Wendy]

"No one had told me it was natural to experience grief about the way our parenting changes course as our kids get older." The little kiddo who used to talk and talk and talk, and tell you everything, is now a teen who doesn't seem to want to open up at all, and you realize that your relationship is changing. The irony is that your son or daughter who is pushing you away and trying to claim independence needs you more now than ever. This is such a helpful book for anyone raising teenagers. It is a wonderfully-written, inspirational and uplifting book about finding out what works best for your family as you navigate through the strange times of raising teenagers. You won't find any formulas here. Nor will you feel condemned for doing things a little differently. There are, however, some really great ideas for you to think about. Leneita Fix has an easy writing style, and tells some very funny, personal stories that we can all relate to. I love this book!

[Ray Hausler]

I'm not yet parenting teens, but my 6 & 8 year olds are very close. Through Leneita's own experiences as parent and youth worker, she shares incredible wisdom in approaching the chaos of parenting teens, or earlier.

[Colleen]

So good, I plan to keep referring back to