Give Them Wings: Preparing for the Time Your Teen Leaves Home

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Summary: Great Book
Review: My third child started his senior year this morning. As part of a grade level mom's Bible study, I will begin this fall to teach this book for the third time. In preparation for this study, I read 6 other books along the same subject matter, all of which were very good in their own way. This one was the only one written using scriptural references. In my opinion, it is the most concise and written more from the heart than from a psychological perspective. The two minor drawbacks are in no way substantial to the overall worth of the book. First, it was written before the days of e-mail and cell phones so our communication with our college students is much greater than in the years this book was written. Second, it is written to encompass all the years of high school, so if you are reading it for the first time as your child is a senior, you might think some of the chapters don't apply. I have not found this to be the case as the ideas discussed in releasing your child to drive for the first time still apply to realeasing them to leave home for college. If you believe that the greatest gift you can give your high school senior is the foundation for a relationship with God, then this book is for you.