How to Handle Your Parents
By Jack Exum
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In this little book, Jack Exum (Dad) addresses his favorite most challenging audience, teenagers! He loved every opportunity to he had to speak with them. Too often this group has been passed over by speakers except for the occasional warnings on ‘sex’ and ‘drugs.’ Teenagers are starving for someone to just listen and understand them, to be straight with them. He never forgot his teenage years and in this book, briefly tells his own story and shares much needed wisdom and guidelines.
He received hundreds of letters from pre-teens and teens. Many letters included some plea for help. He once surveyed 2500 young people, which helped him understand the severity of teenagers’ problems. Here are the results.
98% were active, believing Christians
98% attended church services on a regular basis
10% had smoked or do smoke ‘pot’
69% had drank or do drink alcoholic beverages
39% would abort a child (without conscience)
36% had allowed sex to ‘go too far’
6% believed other teenagers to be accurate on the subject of sex
84% had never had an in-depth discussion with their parents on (the subject of) sex
(Add to this the increasing number of teenage suicides.)
For teenagers: My prayer is that this little book will help you. Keep it available, read it once for the ‘head’, twice for the ‘heart’. ‘Hang on to it.’ You may not agree (right now) with some things that are said. Take the time to think about his words and then come back and read it again. “How to Handle Your Parents” will definitely help throughout the challenging years that lay ahead.
Jack Exum
Redeemed and added to the body of Christ, May 31, 1959 at Southside Church of Christ, Beaumont, Texas. Graduated from Preston Road School of Preaching, Dallas, Texas, 1971. I ministered to congregations in Georgia, Saskatchewan, Canada, Indiana, Ukraine, and Florida. After the passing of my brother Robert Exum January 25,2016, my wife and I moved to begin work with the West Keene Church of CHrist in Keene, New Hampshire. I am a committed Christian, happily married to my wife Lauw Liang (Wiwik), from Indonesia. Together, we seek only to grow, and serve together in His grace, so freely given in Jesus. (Mailing address: 69 Blossom Street, Keene, NH., 03431.) Purpose and Philosophy statements: * To reach out to and encourage the body of Christ. Not only by publishing books by dad (Jack Exum), and eventually my own, but also dad's and my own studies on www.jackexum.com. I strive for BALANCE, avoiding EXTREMES, LEGALISM and LABELS which have contributed to division and sectarianism in the church. Growing in faith, hope, and love, unity of the Spirit in the bonds of peace, and being true to the Gospel of Christ, is 'where we stand.' My prayer is that we grow in grace, and learn to accept each other, being patient with those who question, or differ, while being 'Heaven bound' together. * To reach the lost. This is the mission of Jesus. Everyone deserves the privilege to hear about Jesus at least once. There is ONE God, and he loves you INCREDIBLY, There is ONE Savior, who gave His all that we might belong to Him forever, and ONE faith given to be shared in the power of His Spirit. There is ONE body to which all believers are added (Acts 2:38-47). That body has no official name in the New Testament but has several designations which describe relationship, with God, Christ, and each other. * To hold to restoration principles: 1. “No Creed but Christ.” (Written creeds, and traditions are not authoritative). 2. “Where the Scriptures speak, we speak; where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent.” 3. “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, love.” 4. “We are not the only Christians, but we are Christians only.” Allow the Lord to deal with the 'weeds.' * We understand what the Bible teaches about being saved. One "must be born of water and the Spirit" (John 3:3-5). For more on this read Acts 2. However, now everyone who obeys the gospel of grace will be found in a congregation with the 'acceptable name.' God knows all that are His. Whoever does what early Christians did to be saved, is my brother and sister in Christ. I let God do the judging, I have 'my plate full,' working on my own sinfulness, and growing in grace, while encouraging others to do the same. Grow in grace! Heaven bound!
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How to Handle Your Parents - Jack Exum
How to Handle Your Parents
By Jack Exum
Copyright 2014 Jack Exum
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Printed editions:
First Printing 1958 – 5,000
Second Printing 1987 – 25,000
Third Printing 1989 – 25,000
Fourth Printing 1994 – 10,000
Fifth Printing 1997 – 3,000
Sixth Printing 1999 – 2,500
Seventh Printing 2000 – 2,500
Eighth Printing 2009 – 2,000
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Description: Dad writes this book to his favorite, most challenging, audience, teenagers! He loved every opportunity to speak with them. Often passed over by speakers except for the occasional warnings on sex, teenagers are starving for someone to just understand them, to be straight with them. Dad never forgot his teenage years and in this book, he briefly tells his own story and shares much needed wisdom. — Jack Exum Jr.
Contents
When I Was Just A Kid
Read This Next
Problem Parents
Plain Talk
I. You’re No Bargain To Live With Either
II. Drive The Stake Through The Heart Of Dracula
III. Demand Your Right To Contribute
IV. Remember… The T.C. Principle
V. Say Thank You
(At Least) Five Times Each Day!
VI. Give In On Little Things – Nobody Gets Everything They Want!
VII. Now Is The Time For Sympathy And Tears
VIII. Forgive – This Will Protect You
IX. Seek – Counsel
Hear – Wisdom