By far and away, the best book we've found is Dr. Gary Chapman's newest entry in his "Five Love Languages"  series, "The Five Love Languages of Teens."

But this is a different age, with greater possibilities, and obviously, greater dangers.

We insist on family time, while endeavoring to grant our children the freedom and respect each deserves. We strive to endow our children with healthy values and read and discuss stories from the Holy Scriptures each morning as part of our family breakfast. Even so, my wife and I felt we needed more help.

In a parenting seminar sponsored by our church, we were introduced to the original "Five Love Languages" book and quickly read it. We loved it! Talk about eye-opening! A little more research brought us the "Five Love Languages of Children"which we also read. Still, I doubt anyone would argue that a teen is a different animal altogether. We were delighted when we got Dr. Chapman's latest book in the series, "The Five Love Languages of Teens." It has already been highly instrumental in helping us understand and effectively talk to our teens. We still make mistakes, but it's a lot easier to fix those mistakes when we know how to talk in the right language of our children.

The "Five Love Languages" series have been fun to read. They are easy to understand and apply, and they wonderfully insightful.

FYI: The "Five Love Languages" books are also a perfect compliment to "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" series and the "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" series.