Inside: Books for Moms of Teens that will help you reconnect with yourself and be a more grounded parent so you can have a more peaceful home.
Moms of teens spend a lot of time worrying about parenting teens and actually parenting teens. It can be stressful and frustrating and exhausting and sometimes it leaves us running on fumes. This only makes things more challenging as this leaves us with little patience, empathy of understanding, which are all so important when it comes to raising teens.
For this reason sometimes the best thing you can do to be a good parent of teen children is to spend a little time taking care of yourself. As we go through the ages and stages of parenting, we can get so focused on these young people in our lives, that we lose touch with ourselves. We just sort of get lost in all the taxi driving, event attending, homework helping, meal preparing, laundry doing and the millions of other demands on our time and energy.
It also wouldn’t be surprising if you spend time reading books about parenting teens. There are plenty of those, because lord knows we need all the help we can get. BUT maybe, just maybe, it might be worth it to read a book that helps you as a person.
Sometimes moms just need to take a moment and reconnect with who they are and remember what really matters to your heart and soul. This is where you want to be parenting from anyways. It can help you to stay calm and avoid engaging in battles that really don’t matter, and which ones really do. It can help you better choose how your family spends their time and to learn when to say “yes” and more importantly, when to say “no” to new commitments and activities. And more than anything, it can help you to create an environment in your home that sets an example for your teens and makes it place they want to return to even as adults.
10 Books For Moms Of Teenagers To Help You Find A Little More Peace
- The Comfort Book
Written by best selling author Matt Haig, known for his break-out bestseller The Midnight Library (consider this bonus book 11 as it is also a though provoking book about understanding our life choices) THE COMFORT BOOK is Haig’s life raft: it’s a collection of notes, lists, and stories written over a span of several years that originally served as gentle reminders to Haig’s future self that things are not always as dark as they may seem. Incorporating a diverse array of sources from across the world, history, science, and his own experiences, Haig offers warmth and reassurance, reminding us to slow down and appreciate the beauty and unpredictability of existence. - Creating A Life That Matters
Creating a Life that Matters is a provocative, insightful guide to finding meaning amidst the often-confusing challenges of today’s complex world. The book addresses the personal struggle to discover the purpose of life, difficulties in relationships in marriage and parenting, and answers to the ultimate questions of life, death, and a deeper connection with God, Rabbi Friedman offers a witty and sometimes not-so-commonsense approach to what matters most: living each moment with peace of mind, fullness of heart, and real, lasting happiness. - Atomic Habits
Having quickly become one of the best selling books of the decade, there is a reason why anyone who reads this book becomes an instant evangelist for its message and its applicability to so many areas of our lives. James Clear, one of the world’s leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you’re having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn’t you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don’t want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you’ll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. - Transitions: Making Sense Of Life’s Changes
The teen years are full of some of the biggest transitions we will face as parents. This book helps us to come to terms with all those times change occurs that we weren’t really seeking out or planning on (which is the majority of change we actually face in life). Most of us never really learn how to make transitions, which is why any kind of change is difficult for most of us. This book gives us the tools to cope with all the emotions that accompany change as well as the ability to come out the other side stronger. - Gift from the Sea
This book is the ultimate testimony to the importance of “me time”. Written by a woman whose life was more famous for its tragedy than its triumphs. Anne Morrow Lindbergh was a phenomenal woman who raised five children while also carving out an incredible legacy of personal accomplishments outside motherhood. She believed that time away to pursue their own interests and passions was a necessity for women in order to create a truly happy and healthy family life. - Loving Hard When They’re Hard to Love: Essays on Raising Teens in Today’s Complex, Chaotic World
Okay, I confess, this is a parenting book in a way. BUT this is as much about understanding yourself as a parent as it is about parenting your teens. In Loving Hard When They’re Hard to Love, Whitney Fleming shares her favorite essays about raising three teenagers in today’s chaotic world. Written from the perspective of a fellow parent, each story will leave you with tears in your eyes and hope in your heart because someone else is saying exactly what’s been going through your mind. - Better Than Before
Most of us have a habit we’d like to change, and there’s no shortage of expert advice. But as we all know from tough experience, no magic, one-size-fits-all solution exists. It takes work to make a habit, but once that habit is set, we can harness the energy of habits to build happier, stronger, more productive lives. In Better Than Before, acclaimed writer Gretchen Rubin identifies every approach that actually works. She presents a practical, concrete framework to allow readers to understand their habits—and to change them for good. - Soul Shift
As we become adults, we’re faced with the pressure of increased responsibilities, endless demands, and a barrage of breaking news. And along the way, we forget how to be present in our own lives. In Soul Shift, Rachel Macy Stafford offers us a practical, inclusive guide to navigating a culture of distraction and depletion to find our way back to what delights our heart, makes us feel alive, and brings us peace. She illuminates how to embody the practice of presence, where we return home to our authentic selves and the joy found only in the here and now. - Rising Strong
This is a best seller that I wasn’t sure I wanted to read. I felt like there was just too much hype. I gave in and it was worth it. The book helps us to see the narratives about our lives that we create, but that we rarely question let alone actually challenge. Get ready to rumble with some tough personal truths, but it’s a fight worth taking on to truly improve the relationships in your life. - The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands
This is a book that should almost be required reading in today’s world. We’re facing a time when the pressure has never been stronger to do more, all the time, and at a faster and faster pace. When we’re going in circles it becomes increasingly difficult to decide what really is important and what we’re just doing because we think we should. This book will help you to realign your priorities and make sure that you only saying “yes” to the things that really make life fuller.
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