Jim Burns

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  Students Guide To Sexual Integrity

  $17.99

  In today’s hyper-sexualized culture, most children receive conflicting, even damaging, messages about sex, their bodies, and sexuality before they’re twelve years old. As they enter the hormonally charged adolescent stage, it’s vital they receive compassionate, biblically grounded answers to their most embarrassing and confusing questions.

  In this must-have resource for preteens, teens, and parents, trusted parenting and relationship expert Jim Burns tackles the tough, sensitive issues of sexuality for today’s kids. With honest, biblical, age-appropriate information, he lovingly and compassionately:

  *answers both their delicate and taboo questions
  *helps them navigate a sexually confused culture
  *reveals God’s beautiful plan for sex and sexuality
  *equips them to make decisions that honor God and their bodies

  Complete with discussion questions to spark open conversations between you and your child, this book is a powerful tool that will help your child live a life of sexual integrity.

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  Doing Life With Your Adult Children

  $19.99

  If you have an adult child, you know that parenting doesn’t stop when a child reaches the age of eighteen. In many ways, it gets more complicated. Both your heart and your head are as involved as ever, whether your child lives under your roof or rarely stays in contact.

  In Doing Life with Your Adult Children, parenting expert Jim Burns helps you navigate the toughest and the most rewarding parts of parenting your grown kids. Speaking from his own personal and professional experience, Burns offers practical answers to questions such as these:

  -Is it OK to give advice to my grown child?
  -What’s the difference between enabling and helping?
  -What boundaries should I have if my child moves back home?
  -What do I do when my child doesn’t seem to be maturing into adulthood?
  -How do I relate to my grown child’s significant other?
  -What does it mean to have healthy financial boundaries?
  -How can I support my grown children when I don’t support their values?

  Including positive principles on bringing kids back to faith, ideas on how to leave a legacy as a grandparent, and encouragement for every changing season, Doing Life with Your Adult Children is a unique book on your changing role in a calling that never ends.

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  Understanding Your Teen

  $18.99

  Preface
  How To Use This Book

  Part One: Parenting Teens To Become Responsible Adults
  1. Understanding Your Teenager
  2. Learning The Developmental Stages Of Adolescence
  3. Shaping Behavior Without Crushing Character
  4. Energizing Your Teen’s Spiritual Life
  5. Creating A Media-Safe Home
  6. Teaching Healthy Sexuality
  7. Ending The Homework Hassle While Preparing For College
  8. Keeping The Communication Lines Open
  9. The Changing Culture
  10. Your Marriage As You Raise Your Teen
  11. Dealing With A Troubled Teen

  Part Two: Common Teen Issues And What Parents Can Do
  12. Bullying And Cyberbullying
  13. Tragedy
  14. Dating Violence
  15. Depression
  16. Dinnertime
  17. Driving
  18. Drug And Alcohol Use And Abuse
  19. Eating Disorders
  20. Overweight And Obesity
  21. Self-Injury
  22. Sexual Abuse
  23. Sleep
  24. Suicide

  Conclusion
  Acknowledgments
  Notes Acknowledgments

  Additional Info
  Parenting teenagers is one of the biggest challenges parents face. New realities make becoming independent more difficult. Teens are traveling a different road and are moving at a different pace than those of previous generations. Today’s cultural environment is more complicated and confusing than ever.

  But fear not! Family expert Jim Burns provides a handy guide for parenting teens. For teens to become responsible adults, parents need to help them grow through developmental changes to attain a healthy self-identity, establish good relationships, make wise decisions, and grow in their relationship with God. Burns shows how parents can shape behavior and character, navigate social media challenges, and communicate and resolve conflict healthily. He also tackles the realities of our day, including cyberbullying, dating violence, self-injury, depression, and much more.

  Whether you’re facing serious troubles or need simple tips for a better family life, this book offers help and hope.

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  Getting Ready For Marriage Workbook (Workbook)

  $12.99

  Delivered in nine potent sessions, each rooted in key biblical and relational truths, Jim Burns and Doug Fields craft a premarital model that equips participants to confront big issues prior to their wedding day. A thoughtful gift or family ministry resource, the workbook also includes an appendix for use as a counseling centerpiece. Topics include communication, finances, spirituality, and intimacy.

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  Getting Ready For Marriage

  $17.99

  In Getting Ready for Marriage, relationship experts Jim Burns and Doug Fields pour decades of experience into a fresh, current, and practical guide tailor-made for couples approaching marriage. Explorations of family history, communication styles, money matters, and sexual intimacy help couples define and prepare for the work and rewards of a healthy union. Easy to navigate and including meaningful exercises and conversation starters, this book is designed to guide relationships for the long haul. It will also appeal to pastors and marriage counselors.

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  Faith Conversations For Family

  $20.00

  Most Christian parents know that the best way to leave a God-honoring legacy to their family is to nurture their children’s faith . . . but many don’t know where to start! This new resource from Jim Burns, founder of HomeWord, will equip parents to start important conversations with their kids–family time with an eternal impact. Faith Conversations for Families makes it easy to invite God into quality family time. Each section outlines an easy-to-follow dialogue, which is flexible for children of different age groups. In addition, suggested activities and exercises make spiritual formation adaptable for kids with varying learning styles. The six family-friendly topics included in this book are: Who Is Jesus and Why It Matters: Help parents talk with their kids about why His life, death, and resurrection are so important.What Prayer Is All About: Parents can introduce vibrant conversation with God into their family’s time together.What It Means to Be Christian: Parents can lead their kids toward a faith commitment and spiritual growth, through open communication and exciting biblical expression.A Strong Family: Parents can teach, guide, and strengthen healthy bonds within the family.Loving and Serving Others: Parents can talk with their children about servant leadership and self-sacrifice and be challenged to serve in and outside of their home.Building Morals and Values: Parents can help their kids discern and navigate cultural influences that run contrary to a biblical worldview.In the heart of every Christian parent is a desire to help their children grow spiritually. Faith Conversations for Families helps parents make that desire a beautiful reality.

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