141. Mark Oestreicher -- Understanding Your Young Teen

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Are you parenting a teenager? Do you have a child between the ages of 11-14 which we call a young teen?</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>I am excited for you to hear my conversation with veteran youth worker, Marko about parenting teenagers. His book, *<a href= "https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0310671140/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=552709-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0310671140&linkId=3c9f7141b31ae9b2ec97208a7078141a">Understanding Your Young Teen</a>, is one of my favorite parenting books and truly helped me understand my boys (ages almost 17 and 13).   He goes into detail about the 5 major changes our teens will go through: physical, cognitive, emotional, relational, and spiritual and gives great insight.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>If you have a young teen (ages 11-14) or an older teen, I promise you do not want to miss this episode.  His words of wisdom are gold!</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p> Book Recommendations:</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --></p> <ul> <li>*<a href="https://amzn.to/3ndRheD">A Parent's Guide to Understanding Teenage Guys</a> by Mark Oestreicher</li> <li>*<a href="https://amzn.to/3HOJGNc">A Parent's Guide to Understanding Teenage Girls</a> by Mark Oestreicher</li> <li>*<a href="https://amzn.to/3yk5qxf">A Parent's Guide to Understanding Teenage Brains</a> by Mark Oestreicher</li> <li>*<a href="https://amzn.to/3xTCXwP">A Parent's Guide to Understanding Social Media</a> by Mark Oestreicher</li> <li>*<a href="https://amzn.to/3OpLXAQ">A Parent's Guide to Understanding Sex & Dating</a> by Mark Oestreicher</li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3y26Z1E">*Your Teenager Is Not Crazy</a> by Jerusha Clark</li> </ul> <p><!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Mark Oestreicher (Marko) is a veteran youth worker and former president of Youth Specialties. The author of dozens of books, including *<a href="https://amzn.to/3njAXcw">Youth Ministry 3.0</a