Dan Dupee - Its Not Too Late: The Essential Part You Play in Shaping Your Teens Faith

Parenting is the most difficult, painful, glorious and sweet gift I have known in this life. Parenting college-aged young adults is as complex as any calling on earth. Dan Dupeea parent, an educator, and president of one of the most remarkable college ministries in Americaoffers tender, humbly wise, and compelling counsel for walking the tightrope of parenting children who are of the age to not want to be parented. Dan guides us to neither give in to the need to micromanage or justify cowardly detachment. Further, he explores the wealth of opportunities to participate in learning to join your child in the adventure of making faith the framework to explore all knowledge. Your relationship with your child will grow far beyond your wildest dreams as you explore this glorious book.

Dan B. Allender , professor of counseling psychology and founding president of The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology; author of How Children Raise Parents and Healing the Wounded Heart

Dan Dupee has great news for all of us raising teenagers: We continue to be the most influential people in our kids lives. With biblical wisdom and a healthy dose of common sense, Dan encourages us to realize that our teenagers need us now more than everand with love and guidance, we can send our kids out into the world with a vibrant faith of their own.

Jim Daly , president of Focus on the Family

As a parent of two teenagers, I found It s Not Too Late both encouraging and empowering. Dan Dupee deconstructs myths that leave moms and dads feeling inadequate to influence their childrens faith and replaces them with Gods wisdom, grounded in Scripture, sociological research, and anecdotal experience. You will find help and hope in these pages!

Jerusha Clark , coauthor of Your Teenager s Not Crazy

It s Not Too Late . That is Dan Dupees important message to parents of children who are in the transition from child to adult. As a college professor myself, I see many people in this age group every day, and while they are coming under other influences, I agree that parents remain vitally important in the lives of these young men and women. Dan gives great practical advice based on theological insight and, out of his long experience as CEO of the Coalition for Christian Outreach, a deep knowledge of this age group and their parents. Every parent ought to read this book!

Tremper Longman III , Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies, Westmont College

There is no one I trust more on this topic of raising kids who can transition well into their young adult and college years than Dan Dupee. Ive watched his leadership within the campus ministry organization he leads and how he pays attention to the ways young adults thrive and grow, and Ive seen his family, including his own young adult kids, and admire them greatly. This book is one of a kind, bringing together great stories with reliable research, helpful biblical truth, and keen insight gleaned from focus groups and interviews with parents of older teens and young adults. He knows the issues and he has learned what works, even in difficult times and in painfully messy situations. Our culture implies that parents have little influence over their college-aged sons and daughters, but Dupee proves otherwise and invites us to hopeful, engaged, positive parenting. This book will be reassuring and helpful to parents and will change the tone of the conversation about emerging adults in the church.

Byron Borger , Hearts & Minds Books