Christie, Les John.

When church kids go bad : how to love and work with rude, obnoxious, and apathetic students / Les Christie. - Rev., updated, and enlarged ed. - Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan : Youth Specialties, c2008. - 201 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Rev. ed.: When you have to draw the line. Ill. : Victor Books, c1988.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-201).

Why do kids act that way? -- Discipline : the goal is maturity -- Dealing with problem behavior -- Giving kids confidence to be all God wants them to be -- Praise : catch them doing something right -- Rules, boundaries, and limits -- Consequences : natural and logical -- Anger : yours and theirs -- Engaging your kids and avoiding distractions -- Everyday discipline challenges -- Coping with caustic kids -- Antidotes to apathy -- Helping high-risk kids -- The challenges of learning differences and AD/HD.

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Church work with teenagers.

BV 4447 .C483 2008