Launch: Biblical Help for Moving Your Teen or Young Adult into the Real World

by Chap Bettis

Unclear about how to disciple your young adult? Not feeling confident when choosing a college? Worried about this final phase of parenting?

This resource will help!In this short, quick-read book you will

How to use the teenage years to prepare to launch.Biblical goals to have for your young adult.How parenting changes through different stages of life.Thoughts on how to select a college or live at home well.Special barriers that can disrupt the take-off.

81 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 1, 2024

About the author

Chap Bettis is the author of The Disciple-Making Parent: A Guidebook for Raising Your Children to Love and Follow Jesus Christ. He is also a frequent conference speaker and executive director of The Apollos Project, a ministry dedicated to helping families pass the gospel to their children. For 25 years previous, he was lead pastor of a New England church plant. He and his wife, Sharon, have four children and reside in Rhode Island.

Reviews

[Hopson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short book is filled with biblical and practical principles to help adults launch their children into adulthood. Bettis helpfully explains how parenting roles change—from cop to coach to consultant—and explains how a godly parent will strive to disciple their children as they’re on the verge of transitioning into adulthood. As a dad of a teenager a tween, and three younger children, I’m incredibly grateful for this practical wisdom while I’ve got time to implement change in my own parenting.

[Becky Filipek · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a short and helpful book about transitions that parents will make as their children grow up. The teen years should be times of helping our children work on adult skills, since when they hit 18-20 we don't need to be responsible for them anymore. They need to learn to be capable adults. We will always be their parents, and we can always help in ways that are actually helpful, but our children will be apart from us at some point.

[Amy Kannel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I skimmed this in half an hour and just kept thinking, "That's it?" It mostly felt like surface-level common sense. Not at all the rich and helpful resource I was expecting. There just wasn't much there and what there was seemed very obvious and straightforward.

[Liahsmom · Rating 5 out of 5]

This short book is so practical. A must read for helping you prepare your kids for adulthood and avoid some common pitfalls.