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Build a Flourishing Family Culture

With this study guide companion to Parenting with Hope, author and experienced mom of teens Melissa Kruger provides wisdom for navigating the teen years and creating a home environment that encourages teens to grow and mature in their faith—long after they leave.

Using a combination of thought-provoking questions, opportunities for reflection, and practical guidance, Melissa will help you…

• prayerfully study and live out God’s Word
• apply scriptural insight as you consider each aspect of your teens’ lives: home, church, school, and their social and extracurricular activities
• identify biblical principles and values that will equip and enrich you in your parenting journey

Parenting is not easy, and parenting teenagers comes with a unique set of challenges. This insightful resource will help you think biblically, engage gracefully, and live wisely so that this can be a spiritually formative season of life—for you and your teenage children.

“Parenting with Hope is the parenting book for teens that we all need! With wisdom and experience, Melissa Kruger offers practical help founded on solid, biblical truths. I can see myself revisiting this one again and again!”

—Hunter Beless, founder of Journeywomen; author of Read It, See It, Say It, Sing It! and Amy Carmichael: The Brown-Eyed Girl Who Learned to Pray

“Mike and Melissa would be the first to tell you that they are not perfect parents, and that’s what makes this book so great. It’s about flawed (though very good) parents pointing flawed children to a perfect gospel. Melissa shows you that when you are at the end of your parenting rope, that’s when God’s promises of grace abound all the more. You, after all, are not writing your kids’ story, God is. And that’s good news for us all. Having had the chance to pastor two of their kids during their college years, I can commend not only their teaching on parenting, but testify to the fruit. This book is practical and deeply convicting. Our battle against our kids’ idols begins in our own hearts! What a gift to the church, and it will be to you also.”

—J.D. Greear, PhD; pastor, The Summit Church, Raleigh-Durham, NC

“Parenting with Hope is a much-needed infusion of gospel-drenched confidence for parents with teenagers.”

—Ruth Chou Simons, mom to six; Wall Street Journal bestselling author, artist, and founder of gracelaced.com

“As a mother on the cusp of raising teens in the coming years, I cherish Melissa’s timeless wisdom she generously shares in Parenting with Hope. Melissa’s words are wrought with deep conviction that God’s Word is an unshakable foundation for our lives and our parenting. I’ll be returning to this book often for encouragement and practical advice on how to raise my children with my hope fixed on Jesus.”

—Gretchen Saffles, founder of Well-Watered Women; bestselling author of The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith