cedarbrook parents
We think it is important to not just be a support system for our students but for parents and families as well. We have compiled a list of resources that are widely recommended by Youth Pastors. Each title below is clickable to the appropriate webpage.
WEBSITES
This website called “The Center for Parent and Youth Understanding” is full of articles, podcasts, seminars, and other resources to help you navigate parenting in our digital world.
Presented by Azusa Pacific University, the goal of this website is to help families succeed in building strong marriages, confident parents, and empowered kids by producing devotionals, blogs, and courses for families.
This is a paid accountability software that helps parents partner with their students to defeat internet porn usage.
This is a website with free resources to inform the public about the harmful effects of porn through scientific studies, blog posts, and a three-part documentary on the topic.
BOOKS
This website called “The Center for Parent and Youth Understanding” is full of articles, podcasts, seminars, and other resources to help you navigate parenting in our digital world.
by Dr. Steven Gerali
These short books offer adults a look into some of the many issues that teenagers face in their daily lives. Topics of these books include; depression and suicide, abuse, bullying and violence, dealing with death, and eating disorders. These books can be a helpful starting place, to understand a student's pain as well as providing a few next steps that families can take in the healing process.
by Mark Oestreicher and Joel Mayward
This book will help to equip parents so that they are able to have healthy and honest dialogue with their teenagers about sex and dating.
by Tim Elmore
A very practical discussion through many things parents think they should be doing when in fact they are mistakes that can stunt the growth of our children.