Engaging Your Teen’s World

Engaging Your Teen’s World: Understanding What Today’s Youth Are Thinking, Doing, and Watching

Netflix and chill, broccoli, and LGBTTQQIAAP+. If you don’t know what these words and phrases really mean to your teen, you are not alone. The verbal terrain of today’s youth requires a guide–a culture translator to help parents of teens decipher the codes. You will learn how to maintain open communication about everything from relationships to technology and media in order to help teens grow in their faith and successfully deal with difficult issues. David and Jeremiah bring a wealth of experience, sharing a big-picture view of a teen’s world and how to interact with it, on topics such as:

• what your teen is thinking, doing, and watching
• wise boundaries with devices, video games, and social media
• conversations about sex, gender, porn, sexting, and vaping

Despite the many challenges facing teens and their parents, this book offers a hopeful view toward the long-term goals of your relationship with your teen and their relationship with the Lord.

David Eaton cofounded Axis because of his passion to see the good news about Jesus transform students, families, culture, and the world. As President, David collaborates with the Axis team, sharing the vision with friends of Axis and creating content. David has led partnerships between Axis and FamilyLife, MOPS, Young Life, Youth for Christ, Focus on the Family, Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, the Association of Christian Schools International, Compassion International, Moody Radio, and others. He has been featured on FamilyLife Today and contributed to Dennis and Barbara Rainey's book The Art of Parenting. David and his family live in Colorado Springs.

Jeremiah Callihan is the CEO and cofounder of Axis, leading the vision, strategy, product development, and execution of the plan to reach as many families as possible with the Gospel. It’s Jeremiah’s passion to equip caring adults to be the best possible missionaries and spiritual guides to the next generation. Seeing lifetime conversations between parents and their kids that lead to lifelong faith in Jesus is what motivates Jeremiah every day.

Jeremiah lives in Colorado and has been married for fifteen years to his best friend, Kim. They’re in the midst of one conversation with each of their four amazing kids. When he isn’t playing catch or board games or on the trampoline with his kids, Jeremiah might be eating French toast, playing basketball, watching football, or reading a great book somewhere outside, with inspirational music in the background.