Leaving Home with Peace and Purpose

by Mary A. Hibdon

Overview

Leaving home is a big step for both teenagers and their parents. There is no question it is an exciting time full of choices that matter. But while teenagers push for independence from their parents, some parents may attempt to pull their children closer. Thankfully, with the Lords help and open communication from both sides, it can be a time of great personal and spiritual growth for everyone involved.

Mary Choate Hibdon, a seasoned businesswoman and spiritual mentor for youth, shares both pragmatic and spiritual guidance grounded in the Word that helps Christian parents and teenagers prepare for the time when a child is ready to leave home for college, work, or to start a new life of independence. Through a step-by-step process that encourages parents and young adults to communicate needs, make thoughtful decisions, and embrace blessings from God, Hibdon encourages everyone that it is possible to live together in harmony, even as a child ventures out into the world alone. Included are helpful tips for young adults that address ways to maintain a home, create a delicious meal, and incorporate manners into everyday life.

Leaving Home with Peace and Purpose shares practical advice that helps Christian parents and teenagers prepare for the time when a child is ready to achieve independence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781973610649
Publisher:	WestBow Press
Publication date:	12/19/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	178 KB

About the Author

Mary Choate Hibdon is a retired Christian businesswoman. While she worked as a saleswoman for a Fortune 500 company, Mary guided approximately two thousand incarcerated young adults to know Jesus Christ. She also taught in the Los Angeles Unified School District for fifteen years. Leaving Home with Peace and Purpose is her first book.

Editorial Reviews

2018-10-09

A short handbook from a Christian perspective for young people leaving home for the first time.

Hibdon's nonfiction debut offers readers advice and guidance regarding one of the first major events of their adult lives: leaving the nest and, specifically, going off to college. This move often gives young people their first taste of real responsibility, and as such, it can be a time fraught with confusion, with plenty of potential for missteps. Here, Hibdon takes on the role of an encouraging counselor, organizing her chapters with an eye toward maximum reader involvement, including discussion topics and ruled, blank spaces for answering questions. The tone throughout aims for moral improvement, specifically along Christian lines; for example, young readers are urged often to pray to God for guidance. There are common-sense checklists of things to consider when assessing one's new environment: What are the local crime rates? The state of public transportation? The general weather and work environments? What items will contribute to the cost of living? There are some warnings about dormitory life and some very helpful, itemized lists of various considerations that first-time apartment-renters should consider. Every section is presented in a Christian framework with appropriate quotes from Scripture, and it sometimes results in warnings that some readers may find curiously old-fashioned: "If you choose stubbornness, procrastination, alcohol, drugs, or gambling, there will be a period when you feel invincible," she writes, "but this will be followed by a roller coaster ride that may end in jail or prison or poverty or a breakdown." Far more useful, however, are the book's many practical tips about handling landlords and managing money.

A thorough guide to early adulthood with plenty of valuable advice, particularly for a devoutly religious audience.

Kirkus Reviews