This guide walks you through:
- Four coming-of-age traditions from around the world (the Quinceañera, Bar and Bat Mitzvah, Japan’s Coming of Age Day, and the Apache Sunrise Ceremony) and what each one teaches us
- An eight-step plan to create your own rite of passage, whatever your faith or background
- Conversations about responsibility, respect, the body, sex, and consent, with words for mothers and fathers, daughters and sons
- A printable “Who Do You Want to Be?” page for your teen, plus a matching page to help you truly listen
- Two sample ceremonies, one secular and one faith-based, plus a printable checklist and four-step plan
By award-winning author Debra Beck, and a companion to her books What If Your Teen Isn’t the Problem? A Guide to Conscious Parenting and, for your daughter, My Feet Aren’t Ugly: A Girl’s Guide to Loving Herself from the Inside Out.
Made to be printed and used together as a family, not skimmed once. Instant PDF download.
