Catholic Company Book Review - Raising Pure Teens

I just finished my most recent book to review for The Catholic Company...Raising Pure Teens by Jason Evert & Chris Stefanick. Now, I know some of you are thinking, "Hey, you don't have any teens yet. Your oldest is only 10 years old." And, yes, you would be correct, but that doesn't mean I can't prepare ahead of time! These days, children become exposed to sexuality at an earlier age & I would prefer to guide them along the right moral path sooner rather than later.

SUMMARY:
Jason Evert & Chris Stefanick are both chastity speakers. Together, they have come up with 10 strategies for talking to teens about chastity, incorporating the wisdom of the Church. Using statistics, real-life stories, humor, & metaphors, they give parents these teachings to implement w/ their teens. At the end of each chapter is a list a questions for further reflection. There are twelve pages at the end of the book that include a large variety of resources...texts, websites, & Church documents. Parents will realize that they are not alone. This book can give them the confidence to lead their teens to a chaste life in a sexually charged world.

MY THOUGHTS:
This small book is packed w/ much valuable information for us parents. I wish that many of these teachings had been explained to me when I was a teen. Don't get me wrong...I feel my parents did an excellent job in raising my sister & me. But, when we were growing up, we did not have to face many of the issues teens do today. Everywhere you turn these days, you are bombarded w/ sexually oriented advertisements, clothing, TV shows, sexting, movies, books, etc. The strategies outlined in this book will be a great help to counter those issues & guide teens along the right track towards chastity. This is definitely a book that I will be returning to as my children grow into their teens. Many of the strategies I can start right now to protect their innocence...praying, for instance! And if you're already a parent of a teen, it's not too late to restore their innocence.

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