Here are a few tips on parenting your teenager that I would suggest to any parent. This is not an exhaustive list for parents or is it the most detailed list but it will get you started. The Bible will be and has proved to be your most reliable counselor when it comes to parenting your teenager. God said in Ephesians 4:4, “…Bring them (teenagers) up in the admonition of the Lord.” God also said in Proverbs 22:6, “Train up a child (this includes a teenager) in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” I desire that all parents will have a heart to be the best Christian parent they can be to their students for their eternity’s sake. If you ever have any questions about your teen and would like to talk please don’t hesitate to call – 565-3970.

Love your students.

• Tell and show your student that you love them unconditionally. 
• Affirm and encourage your student on a daily basis. 
• Let your students know that you believe in them.
• Be available to your students 24 hours a day.
• Hug and embrace your student often. 
• Forgive your student when they blow it.
• Support them in times of crises in their life. 

  

Invest time in your students.

• Spend quality as well as quantity time with your student.
• Talk to your student about Jesus, church, life, dating, girls, guys, sex, etc...
• Play together with your student – ride four wheelers, go shopping, etc.
• Sit down and listen to your students needs. 
• Eat dinner together with your student.
• Have Bible study and prayer with your student.   
• Pray daily for your student to know Christ.   

  

Instruct your students in the admonition of the Lord. 

• Teach your student that they should only believe in Jesus and His word.
• Teach your student why they should only believe in Jesus and His word.
• Know how to relate to your students by getting to know today’s youth culture.
• Know and understand that your students have problems like you do. 
• Counsel your student about the issues and problems students face today.
• Build up your student faith daily in the Lord by teaching biblical principles.
• Teach your teenager to be responsible.
• Discipline your student when they do wrong.

 

Model Jesus Christ before your students.

• Live like Jesus Christ before your student – in your home, church, work, etc. 
• Maintain high moral, ethical, and spiritual behavior and conduct before your student.
• Show your student how to share Jesus Christ by witnessing to another person.  
• Set standards for your student to live by and be consistent with them. 
• You live by the standards you set for your students.
• Ask forgiveness from your student when you blow it.
• Go to church with your student and serve people together