Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens

by Paul David Tripp

Overview

For a Parent, The Teen Years are years of unprecedented opportunity-years of penetrating questions and exciting new discussions, years that open the door to a teen's heart. In this wise and hopeful book, Paul Tripp shows parents how to connect with their children as never before, drawing on practical strategies shaped by God's Word. This revised and updated edition features fresh, heart-focused discussion questions for each chapter as well as a bonus Q&A section.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629958934
Publisher:	Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing
Publication date:	08/03/2022
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	250,554
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Paul David Tripp is president of Paul Tripp Ministries and author of a number of books, including bestsellers such as Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands. Now an international conference speaker, he has also taught at Westminster Theological Seminary and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Luella, have four grown children. Learn more about his ministry at PaulTripp.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9

Part 1 Clearing the Debris

1 Age of Opportunity or Season for Survival? 13

2 Whose Idols Are in the Way? 27

3 What Is a Family? A Definition 37

4 What Is a Family? A Job Description 49

5 Parent, Meet Your Teenager 65

Part 2 Setting Godly Goals

6 Goals, Glory, and Grace 87

7 There's a War Out There 97

8 Convictions and Wisdom 113

9 Life in the Real World 127

10 A Heart for God 151

11 Leaving Home 173

Part 3 Practical Strategies for Parenting Teens

12 Three Strategies for Parenting Teens 193

13 Small Steps to Big Change 211

Questions and Answers with Paul Tripp 231

Editorial Reviews

We need this fundamentally hopeful book about parenting teens. The hope in this book is not grounded in practical helps—although Tripp offers many. The hope in this book is not distant from the battles; it shines in the dark. The hope is grounded in the God who sent his Son to save us. Parents of teens, take up and read—and hope!

Kathleen Nielson

This is a heartbreaking time for teens: suicide, depression, anxiety, FOMO, the transgender movement, isolation, and hopelessness are rife, making these difficult years even harder. This makes me that much more thankful for Paul Tripp’s work in Age of Opportunity. In the wide world of books about parenting, there are only a few that don’t push a doomed prosperity gospel (“Do it our way and your kids will be great!”); Paul’s updated classic work offers the one hope for parents and teens: the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. I’m eternally thankful for Paul and his heart to guide and encourage parents.

Elyse Fitzpatrick

Far too many parents enter their kids’ teenage years with fear and cynicism, hoping merely to survive. But what if you viewed parenting not as a season to survive but as a golden age of opportunity? Every parent of a teen should read Paul Tripp’s book. It will transform your perspective on parenting.

Deepak Reju

Age of Opportunity has had a tremendous impact on my parenting, so I’m incredibly excited about this new, updated version. Paul has so helpfully applied his understanding of the gospel and the human heart to our personal walk with Jesus, our marriages, and our ministries—I am excited to see his application of the gospel to the parenting of teens made accessible to a new generation. Age of Opportunity avoids a formulaic how-to approach to rearing children and instead shows how to apply the gospel to the unique spiritual struggles of your child’s heart. For many parents, the teen years feel like a wilderness. This book will give you a compass to guide you. Though I have read dozens of parenting books, two or three have profoundly reshaped my whole approach. Age of Opportunity is one of those. You’ll love it and pass it to a friend.

J.D. Greear

Lauren and I first read Age of Opportunity almost fifteen years ago, and it served as a foundation for how we have tried to parent. Through the peaks and valleys of raising our three kids, we came back to this resource several times. I couldn’t be more excited about this revised and expanded version.

Matt Chandler

Paul David Tripp transforms the paradigm for parenting teenagers from one of fear and low expectations to one of hope and meaning. Parents often forget the character of God and the power of the gospel and consequently view the teenage years as a season to be survived and endured. Although raising teens has its unique challenges, Tripp reveals how remembering who Jesus is and believing in the gospel enables us to embrace this time as a hopeful, constructive opportunity with our kids. This is a game-changing book for parents of teens.

Cameron Cole

Age of Opportunity is a marvel. It brims with fresh, rich, honest truth. Tripp will get you looking in the mirror before you go looking at your teen. He’ll get you seeking - and finding - your own Father’s help.

David Powlison

opens the door to hope for parents and teens alike by showing us how God can transform the hearts of whole families. . . You won’t be able to put this book down.

Tremper Longman III

optimistic, positive, biblical. . . . In a world that has made an industry out of dysfunction, it is refreshing to read a book that assumes that God. . . has made ample preparation for parents and teenagers to succeed.

Jay Kissler

a wealth of biblical wisdom and a treasure of practical steps for understanding and shepherding your teen’s heart

Tedd Tripp

provides a superb road map for raising teenage children...[and] experiencing with them the challenges, victories, and joys of our journey to maturity in Christ.

Ken Sande