Preparing Your Teens for College: Faith, Friends, Finances, and Much More Author: Alex Chediak | Language: English | ISBN:
B00E1O6VKE | Format: PDF
Preparing Your Teens for College: Faith, Friends, Finances, and Much More Description
Will my teens' faith be strong enough to withstand the tests of college? Will they focus on their studies or squander their free time? Will they form healthy friendships or join the wrong crowd?Dr. Chediak has watched too many college students flounder over these and other issues. Sadly, 44 percent of those who start off at a four-year college will not complete their degree in six years. At a time when college has never been more expensive, too many of our children are failing. What makes the difference? Character, a strong faith, and a willingness to delay gratification. And where is that learned? Ideally, at home.
In this book, Alex will give you everything you need to help your teens not only successfully navigate the college years but also real life. Alex covers all the hot-button issues: dating, premarital sex, roommates, grades, career guidance, God, and much more. You won't want to be without this essential survival manual for college.
- File Size: 4099 KB
- Print Length: 448 pages
- Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (February 21, 2014)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00E1O6VKE
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,464 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
We all want the university-bound young people in our lives to succeed, whether they are our own kids, teens we teach or have leadership responsibilities over or just younger people we're friends with. We want them to not only be academically successful and get a good job at the end, but to flourish in every aspect of life. Problem is, it can be hard to know where to start helping them. I know I have a bad habit of unloading lots of assorted facts and ideas about university life on unsuspecting prospective student friends!
Preparing Your Teens for College addresses that challenge by providing a comprehensive guide to equipping teenagers to thrive at university.
There's lots to like about this book. One of those things is that it takes a balanced perspective on the challenges of being a university student. It is clear and frank about the ways that students can get themselves in trouble on many different fronts (inc. academically, financially, relationally, spiritually) but doesn't descend into panic or the lazy cliches that often accompany discussion about student life. This is particularly refreshing in a Christian book given the way some Christians talk about secular/public universities.
Another thing I really appreciated about this book is that it isn't about trying towards control teens to the "perfect" outcome tiger mother style or about striving for grades above all else. Instead, there's a big emphasis on helping teenagers explore their options, make good decisions and learn to exercise responsibility in all areas
I was also pleased to see a positive stance towards the liberal arts and towards non-bachelor degree programs such as apprenticeships and associate degrees in the book.
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