Raising Adults
Getting Kids Ready for the Real World
A handbook for parents, teachers, coaches, and youth pastors on how to develop responsible young adults.
IF PARENTS UNDERSTOOD THEIR CHILDREN, CHILDREARING WOULD BE A BREEZE
You don’t have to look far down the street to see it’s anything but that, but Raising Adults is not about assigning blame and beating each other up. It’s about starting right where you are to raise responsible grown-ups. It’s about understanding how we got to where we are. It’s about practical things moms, dads, teachers, coaches, youth workers, employers, and law enforcement officials can do.
Ultimately, this book is about learning to understand your kid’s world, their sometimes unnerving sophistication, their periods of withdrawal, their anger lurking beneath the surface, their apparent lack of motivation, their cynicism. It’s knowing that if you can understand, you can make yourself understood. It even includes a “30-Day Guarantee” to help you avoid communication disrupters like mind reading and shaming.
Raising Adults will help you build—or rebuild—a relationship strong enough to last the rest of your life. If you’ve been raising children—STOP! It’s time to start raising adults.
