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Book Review/ Giveaway: “Rescue- Raising Teens in a Drowning Culture”

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I now have a teenager, and next year I will have 2! It won’t be long, in fact, until I’ll have 5 teenagers all at once!
So, when I was offered the opportunity to review Candy Gibb’s book Rescue: Raising Teens in a Drowning Culture, I felt like I could use a refresher course on what to expect from the teen years, as well as what the new issues are that I’ll be facing.

Rescue is a very helpful book for learning about parenting teenagers.  The author Candy gives much wisdom herself.  She is the mother of three children, but she is also the Executive Director of a major Crisis Pregnancy Center in Amarillo, TX called CareNet Pregnancy Center. She has an amazing story of redemption, the video of which can be found here.  She deals with tough teen issues daily, so it was so good for me to read her advice on how to approach these tough topics.

But the book doesn’t just have words of advice from Candy.  She has assembled a group of recently graduated teens –mostly college students– into a group she calls the Lifeguards.  In each chapter she has each of them share from their own experiences.  Wow- what an eye-opener.  I’ve already been feeling lately that things truly are different for my kids that they were for me, and that there is a generation gap between us that I wish weren’t there.  I know reading Rescue is going to help me with that.

Here are the chapters you’ll find in Rescue:

1- Your Family

2- Faith/Identity

3- Teens, Sex, and Society

4- Technology

5- My Teen is Struggling with Homosexuality

6- Pro-Life & Pro-Choice

7- Communication

8- Mentoring

9- Preparing Teens for College & Beyond

10- Building an Ark

 

The format of the book includes “Commentaries from Candy,” “Let’s Ask the Lifeguards,” “Treading Tips” (practical nuggets of wisdom that sumarize the lessons), and “Life Preservers” (relevant and encouraging Scripture).

You will find that Rescue is written from a biblical perspective.  She encourages us to have our teens in church. But it is so much more practical and real that that.

 

Here are some of my favorite quotes:

“Teaching your teen to find value and identity in the Lord is more critical than teaching them to eat healthy and helping them get into the university of their choice.  Remind your teenager of the Lord’s calling on their life.”

“A lack of identity is prevalent due in part to the influence of  social media. . .  Often times, when someone posts a selfie, it’s to get a response. . .  ‘Do you think I’m beaufiful?’ or ‘How would you rate me?’ ”

“Prepare your teens for the ridicule they will likely face from their peers if they choose to remain sexually pure.  Help them develop ways to deal with it.”

 

Rescue: Raising Teens in a Drowning Culture is completely filled with practical advice such as this.  I’m so happy to have a copy of the book to give away!

Giveaway:

Update:  The winner is AmySD!

 

(Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of Rescue in order to write this honest review.  I also received one to give away.   This post contains affiliate links.)

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17 Comments

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  2. I would love to win this book. I have 3 teens currently and just keep learning more. It is so different from when I was a teen. You really can not be over-prepared.
    Thanks for the chance
    Becky

  3. June Lisle says:

    I don’t have a teen yet but I want to learn as much as I can over the years so I can be prepared to raise one.

  4. Kathy Anderson says:

    I have three children and two of them are entering their teen years…anything would help!

  5. I think the input from older teens would be very enlightening to read and contemplate.

  6. Jessie Frasier says:

    Currently, it will help me with my 14 yr old brother, and hopefully later, my own children, that are still teeny tiny 🙂

  7. Thanks for the review and the opportunity to win. Our children today are facing so many more things than we ever had to growing up. This book would help me to help my child.

  8. lorene desjardins says:

    I would love to win this book for 2 reasons. First, I have a teenage daughter and second I also teach high schoolers!

  9. Id like to share it with my neighbor and save it for my girls in a few years.

  10. I have a daughter who will turn 13 in January. I need to prepare as much as I can for the teen years!

  11. This would be perfect for my sister in law

  12. Danielle Jones says:

    We have one tween and one teen. Our teen will be driving soon. I’d like to read this book to learn to stay connected and for advice.

  13. I would love to win this for my sister-in-law. She has two children and this would be ideal for her. Thank you for offering this giveaway!

  14. Debbie Lewis says:

    I have teenaged grandchildren and this would be great for them

  15. I have two teens, and volunteer with about 300 others. Anything I can learn to help them, and to better relate to them, would be an awesome thing.

  16. I have a friend who has 3 teens who could really use some encouragement. I would give it to her.

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